The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 8John Murray, 1903 |
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Side 17
... French missionary declares that the town of St. Denys , near Paris , was more considerable than the Tartar capital ; and that the whole palace of Mangou was scarcely equal to a tenth part of that Benedictine abbey . The conquests of ...
... French missionary declares that the town of St. Denys , near Paris , was more considerable than the Tartar capital ; and that the whole palace of Mangou was scarcely equal to a tenth part of that Benedictine abbey . The conquests of ...
Side 32
... French princes , A.D. 1396-1398 . 60 Such is the general idea of the Hungarian war ; but the disastrous Crusade and adventure of the French has procured us some memorials captivity of which illustrate the victory and character of ...
... French princes , A.D. 1396-1398 . 60 Such is the general idea of the Hungarian war ; but the disastrous Crusade and adventure of the French has procured us some memorials captivity of which illustrate the victory and character of ...
Side 33
... French would have obeyed the prudence of the Hungarians : but it might have been gloriously won had the Hungarians imitated the valour of the French . They dispersed the first line , consisting of the troops of Asia ; forced a rainpart ...
... French would have obeyed the prudence of the Hungarians : but it might have been gloriously won had the Hungarians imitated the valour of the French . They dispersed the first line , consisting of the troops of Asia ; forced a rainpart ...
Side 34
... French captives should swear never to bear arms against the person of their conqueror ; but the ungenerous restraint was abolished by Bajazet himself . " I despise , " said he to the heir of Burgundy , " thy oaths and thy arms . Thou ...
... French captives should swear never to bear arms against the person of their conqueror ; but the ungenerous restraint was abolished by Bajazet himself . " I despise , " said he to the heir of Burgundy , " thy oaths and thy arms . Thou ...
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... French court , where he might solicit in person a supply of men and money ; and advised , in the mean while , that , to extinguish all domestic discord , he should leave his blind competitor on the throne . The proposal was embraced ...
... French court , where he might solicit in person a supply of men and money ; and advised , in the mean while , that , to extinguish all domestic discord , he should leave his blind competitor on the throne . The proposal was embraced ...
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