The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 16
... Victory of Canta- into the contests of civilized nations , is a measure pregnant with shame and mischief ; which the interest of the moment may compel , but which is repro- bated by the best principles of humanity and reason . e The ...
... Victory of Canta- into the contests of civilized nations , is a measure pregnant with shame and mischief ; which the interest of the moment may compel , but which is repro- bated by the best principles of humanity and reason . e The ...
Side 17
... victory were dearly pur- chased by the marriage of his daughter with an infidel , the captivity of many thousand Christians , and the pas- sage of the Ottomans into Europe , the last and fatal stroke in the fall of the Roman empire ...
... victory were dearly pur- chased by the marriage of his daughter with an infidel , the captivity of many thousand Christians , and the pas- sage of the Ottomans into Europe , the last and fatal stroke in the fall of the Roman empire ...
Side 22
... victory to the emperor , John Palæologus ! was answered by a general rising in his favour . A numerous and loyal party yet adhered to the standard of Cantacuzene : but he asserts in his history ( does he hope for belief ? ) that his ...
... victory to the emperor , John Palæologus ! was answered by a general rising in his favour . A numerous and loyal party yet adhered to the standard of Cantacuzene : but he asserts in his history ( does he hope for belief ? ) that his ...
Side 28
... victory , he was condemned to an ignominious trial , whether the Greeks or the Genoese should reign in Constantinople . The merchants of Pera were offended by his refusal of some contiguous lands , some commanding heights , which they ...
... victory , he was condemned to an ignominious trial , whether the Greeks or the Genoese should reign in Constantinople . The merchants of Pera were offended by his refusal of some contiguous lands , some commanding heights , which they ...
Side 29
... victory . Their triumphant vessels , crowned with flowers , 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 ...
... victory . Their triumphant vessels , crowned with flowers , 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 ...
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