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... victorious Greeks . But the subjects of the Byzantine empire , who affume and difhonour the names both of Greeks and Romans , prefent a dead uniformity of abject vi- ces , which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity , nor ...
... victorious Greeks . But the subjects of the Byzantine empire , who affume and difhonour the names both of Greeks and Romans , prefent a dead uniformity of abject vi- ces , which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity , nor ...
Side 60
... victorious prince , his fubjects detefted the rapa- cious and rigid avarice of Bafil ; and in the im- perfect narrative of his exploits , we can only difcern the courage , patience , and ferociousness , of a foldier . A vicious ...
... victorious prince , his fubjects detefted the rapa- cious and rigid avarice of Bafil ; and in the im- perfect narrative of his exploits , we can only difcern the courage , patience , and ferociousness , of a foldier . A vicious ...
Side 72
... victorious and injured leader : the ties of common intereft and domeftic alliance fecured the attachment of the house of Ducas ; and the generous difpute of the Comneni was termi- nated by the decifive refolution of Ifaac , who was the ...
... victorious and injured leader : the ties of common intereft and domeftic alliance fecured the attachment of the house of Ducas ; and the generous difpute of the Comneni was termi- nated by the decifive refolution of Ifaac , who was the ...
Side 73
... victorious Turks had spread , from Perfia to the Hellefpont , the reign of the Koran and the Crefcent : the Weft was in- vaded by the adventurous valour of the Nor- mans ; and , in the moments of peace , the Da- nube poured forth new ...
... victorious Turks had spread , from Perfia to the Hellefpont , the reign of the Koran and the Crefcent : the Weft was in- vaded by the adventurous valour of the Nor- mans ; and , in the moments of peace , the Da- nube poured forth new ...
Side 77
... victorious army , and in the fieges and battles of this holy war , his Latin allies were astonished by the superior spirit and prowess of a Greek . As he began to indulge the am- bitious hope of restoring the ancient limits of the ...
... victorious army , and in the fieges and battles of this holy war , his Latin allies were astonished by the superior spirit and prowess of a Greek . As he began to indulge the am- bitious hope of restoring the ancient limits of the ...
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