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Side 8
... danger ; and retiring to rest in the vain security of ignorance , abandoned the feeble mo- narch , with some priests and pages , to the terrors of a sleepless night . These terrors were quickly realized by the hostile shouts , which ...
... danger ; and retiring to rest in the vain security of ignorance , abandoned the feeble mo- narch , with some priests and pages , to the terrors of a sleepless night . These terrors were quickly realized by the hostile shouts , which ...
Side 12
... dangerous proposal ; but the last testament of Andronicus the regent of the em- y See Cantacuzene , lib . 3. c . 24. 30. 36 . z Saserna in Gaul , and Columella in Italy or Spain , allow two yoke of oxen , two drivers , and six labourers ...
... dangerous proposal ; but the last testament of Andronicus the regent of the em- y See Cantacuzene , lib . 3. c . 24. 30. 36 . z Saserna in Gaul , and Columella in Italy or Spain , allow two yoke of oxen , two drivers , and six labourers ...
Side 19
... danger or bloodshed . Destitute of the powers of resist- ance , or the hope of relief , the inflexible Anne would have still defended the palace , and have smiled to behold the capital in flames rather than in the possession of a rival ...
... danger or bloodshed . Destitute of the powers of resist- ance , or the hope of relief , the inflexible Anne would have still defended the palace , and have smiled to behold the capital in flames rather than in the possession of a rival ...
Side 26
... dangerous licence of surrounding Galata with a strong wall ; of introducing into the ditch the waters of the sea ; of erecting lofty turrets ; and of mounting a train of military engines on the rampart . The narrow bounds in which they ...
... dangerous licence of surrounding Galata with a strong wall ; of introducing into the ditch the waters of the sea ; of erecting lofty turrets ; and of mounting a train of military engines on the rampart . The narrow bounds in which they ...
Side 27
... dangerous indulgence . Bibars , sultan of Egypt , himself a Tartar , but a devout mussulman , obtained from the children of Zingis the permission to build a stately mosch in the capital of Crimea . ( de Guignes , Hist . des Huns , tom ...
... dangerous indulgence . Bibars , sultan of Egypt , himself a Tartar , but a devout mussulman , obtained from the children of Zingis the permission to build a stately mosch in the capital of Crimea . ( de Guignes , Hist . des Huns , tom ...
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