The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 8John Murray, 1903 |
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Side 75
... hope of salvation for the Greek empire and the adjacent kingdoms would have been some more powerful weapon , Invention some discovery in the art of war , that should give them and use of a decisive superiority over their Turkish foes ...
... hope of salvation for the Greek empire and the adjacent kingdoms would have been some more powerful weapon , Invention some discovery in the art of war , that should give them and use of a decisive superiority over their Turkish foes ...
Side 81
... hope of foreign aid , he abjured the rights both of the church and state ; and the act of slavery , subscribed in purple ink , and sealed with the golden bull , was privately intrusted to an Italian agent . The first article of the ...
... hope of foreign aid , he abjured the rights both of the church and state ; and the act of slavery , subscribed in purple ink , and sealed with the golden bull , was privately intrusted to an Italian agent . The first article of the ...
Side 82
... hope of being the last devoured by the savage . October 8 , In this abject state Palæologus embraced the resolution of embarking for Venice , and casting himself at the feet of the pope he was the first of the Byzantine princes who had ...
... hope of being the last devoured by the savage . October 8 , In this abject state Palæologus embraced the resolution of embarking for Venice , and casting himself at the feet of the pope he was the first of the Byzantine princes who had ...
Side 83
... hope of the emperor was in an English mercenary , John Hawkwood , " or Acuto , who , with a oand of adventurers , the White Brotherhood , had ravaged Italy from the Alps to Calabria , sold his services to the hostile states , and in ...
... hope of the emperor was in an English mercenary , John Hawkwood , " or Acuto , who , with a oand of adventurers , the White Brotherhood , had ravaged Italy from the Alps to Calabria , sold his services to the hostile states , and in ...
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... hope or defence , at the mercy of " the barbarians . " Impatient of this salutary lesson , the royal youth arose from his seat and departed in silence ; and the wise monarch ( continues Phranza ) , casting his eyes on me , thus resumed ...
... hope or defence , at the mercy of " the barbarians . " Impatient of this salutary lesson , the royal youth arose from his seat and departed in silence ; and the wise monarch ( continues Phranza ) , casting his eyes on me , thus resumed ...
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