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... captive ; and , in this mise- rable dependance , he waited at the door of the barba- rian , who could dispose of the life and liberty of a Ro- man emperor . The most tempting offers could not per- suade the cral to violate his trust ...
... captive ; and , in this mise- rable dependance , he waited at the door of the barba- rian , who could dispose of the life and liberty of a Ro- man emperor . The most tempting offers could not per- suade the cral to violate his trust ...
Side 17
... captive multitude broke their fetters , fortified their prison , and exposed from the battlements the tyrant's head , presuming on the favour of the people and the clemency of the empress . Anne of Savoy might rejoice in the fall of a ...
... captive multitude broke their fetters , fortified their prison , and exposed from the battlements the tyrant's head , presuming on the favour of the people and the clemency of the empress . Anne of Savoy might rejoice in the fall of a ...
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... and dragging after them the captive galleys , repeatedly passed and re- passed before the palace : the only virtue of the emperor Destruc- his fleet , A. D. 1349 . was patience ; and the hope of revenge his sole CHAP . LXIII . 29.
... and dragging after them the captive galleys , repeatedly passed and re- passed before the palace : the only virtue of the emperor Destruc- his fleet , A. D. 1349 . was patience ; and the hope of revenge his sole CHAP . LXIII . 29.
Side 38
... captive parents ; an unworthy , and by degrees a fruitless , abuse of the virtue of his enemies . His inva- sion was supported by the revolt of a hundred thousand Khitans , who guarded the frontier : yet he listened to a treaty ; and a ...
... captive parents ; an unworthy , and by degrees a fruitless , abuse of the virtue of his enemies . His inva- sion was supported by the revolt of a hundred thousand Khitans , who guarded the frontier : yet he listened to a treaty ; and a ...
Side 56
... guard of the mountains , lib . 1. c . 3-6 . Nicephoras Gregoras , lib . 7. c . 1. and the first book of Laonicas Chalcondyles , the Athenian . were multiplied in each campaign by the accession of captives 56 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... guard of the mountains , lib . 1. c . 3-6 . Nicephoras Gregoras , lib . 7. c . 1. and the first book of Laonicas Chalcondyles , the Athenian . were multiplied in each campaign by the accession of captives 56 ROMAN EMPIRE .
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