The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 9A. Strahan; and T. Cadell ... and W. Davies, 1797 |
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... centuries of the decline and fall of the empire have already elapsed : but a pe- riod of more than eight hundred years ftill fepa- rates me from the term of my labours , the taking VOL . IX . B of CHAP . of Conftantinople by the Turks ...
... centuries of the decline and fall of the empire have already elapsed : but a pe- riod of more than eight hundred years ftill fepa- rates me from the term of my labours , the taking VOL . IX . B of CHAP . of Conftantinople by the Turks ...
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... centuries are overfpread with a cloud interrupted by fome faint and broken rays of hif- toric light in the lives of the emperors , from Maurice to Alexius , Bafil the Macedonian has alone been the theme of a feparate work ; and the ...
... centuries are overfpread with a cloud interrupted by fome faint and broken rays of hif- toric light in the lives of the emperors , from Maurice to Alexius , Bafil the Macedonian has alone been the theme of a feparate work ; and the ...
Side 6
... centuries of the Chriftian æra . After this founda tion of Byzantine hiftory , the following nations will pafs before our eyes , and each will occupy the space to which it may be entitled by greatness or merit , or the degree of ...
... centuries of the Chriftian æra . After this founda tion of Byzantine hiftory , the following nations will pafs before our eyes , and each will occupy the space to which it may be entitled by greatness or merit , or the degree of ...
Side 8
... century from the Scythian wilderness . The former established a potent and splendid kingdom from the banks of the Oxus to Antioch and Nice ; and the first crufade was provoked by the violation of Jerufalem and the danger XLVIII . danger ...
... century from the Scythian wilderness . The former established a potent and splendid kingdom from the banks of the Oxus to Antioch and Nice ; and the first crufade was provoked by the violation of Jerufalem and the danger XLVIII . danger ...
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... century were provoked by the infolence of a female , who , in the front of the standards , prefumed to direct their difcipline and animate their valour ; and their licentious clamours advised the new Semiramis to reverence the majefty ...
... century were provoked by the infolence of a female , who , in the front of the standards , prefumed to direct their difcipline and animate their valour ; and their licentious clamours advised the new Semiramis to reverence the majefty ...
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