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Side 6
... horse and foot , whom neither honour nor duty could have armed against the barbarians . Such a force might have saved or com- manded the empire ; but their counsels were discordant , their motions were slow and doubtful , and their ...
... horse and foot , whom neither honour nor duty could have armed against the barbarians . Such a force might have saved or com- manded the empire ; but their counsels were discordant , their motions were slow and doubtful , and their ...
Side 7
... horse and twenty galleys , to resist the destructive progress of the Turks . How different ( said the younger Andronicus ) is my situation from that of the son of Philip ! Alexander might com- plain , that his father would leave him ...
... horse and twenty galleys , to resist the destructive progress of the Turks . How different ( said the younger Andronicus ) is my situation from that of the son of Philip ! Alexander might com- plain , that his father would leave him ...
Side 34
... horse and tasting of a run- ning stream : Temugin pledged himself to divide with his followers the sweets and the bitters of life ; and when he had shared among them his horses and apparel , he was rich in their gratitude and his own ...
... horse and tasting of a run- ning stream : Temugin pledged himself to divide with his followers the sweets and the bitters of life ; and when he had shared among them his horses and apparel , he was rich in their gratitude and his own ...
Side 36
... horse's feet , but the calm legislator re- spected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects . The reason of Zingis was not informed by books ; the khan could neither read nor write ; and , except the tribe of the Igours , the ...
... horse's feet , but the calm legislator re- spected the prophets and pontiffs of the most hostile sects . The reason of Zingis was not informed by books ; the khan could neither read nor write ; and , except the tribe of the Igours , the ...
Side 38
... horses , five hundred youths , and as many virgins , and a tribute of gold and silk , were the price of his retreat . In his second expedition , he compelled the Chinese emperor to retire beyond the Yellow river to a more southern re ...
... horses , five hundred youths , and as many virgins , and a tribute of gold and silk , were the price of his retreat . In his second expedition , he compelled the Chinese emperor to retire beyond the Yellow river to a more southern re ...
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