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Side 10
... arms and arts had soft- ened the prejudices of the Byzantine court , his two wives were chosen in the princely houses of Germany and Italy . The first , Agnes at home , Irene in Greece , was daughter of the duke of Brunswick . Her ...
... arms and arts had soft- ened the prejudices of the Byzantine court , his two wives were chosen in the princely houses of Germany and Italy . The first , Agnes at home , Irene in Greece , was daughter of the duke of Brunswick . Her ...
Side 14
... arms . His prerogatives were dis- puted ; his opinion slighted ; his friends persecuted ; and his safety was threatened both in the camp and city . In his absence on the public service , he was ac- cused of treason ; proscribed as an ...
... arms . His prerogatives were dis- puted ; his opinion slighted ; his friends persecuted ; and his safety was threatened both in the camp and city . In his absence on the public service , he was ac- cused of treason ; proscribed as an ...
Side 15
... arms against a sovereign ; but the want of preparation and success may confirm the assurance of the usurper , that this decisive step was the effect of necessity rather than of choice . Constantinople adhered to the young em- peror ...
... arms against a sovereign ; but the want of preparation and success may confirm the assurance of the usurper , that this decisive step was the effect of necessity rather than of choice . Constantinople adhered to the young em- peror ...
Side 21
... arms of the Turks , who now struck a deep and everlasting root in Europe , Cantacuzene pre- vailed in the third contest in which he had been involved ; and the young emperor , driven from the sea and land , was compelled to take shelter ...
... arms of the Turks , who now struck a deep and everlasting root in Europe , Cantacuzene pre- vailed in the third contest in which he had been involved ; and the young emperor , driven from the sea and land , was compelled to take shelter ...
Side 26
... arms , but by ambassadors . This misfortune , however , was advanta- geous to the Genoese , who obtained , and imperceptibly abused , the dangerous licence of surrounding Galata with a strong wall ; of introducing into the ditch the ...
... arms , but by ambassadors . This misfortune , however , was advanta- geous to the Genoese , who obtained , and imperceptibly abused , the dangerous licence of surrounding Galata with a strong wall ; of introducing into the ditch the ...
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