The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461Blackwood, 1851 - 519 עמודים |
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עמוד 13
... walls in a state of poverty , in order to seek refuge and food during the ravages of the barbarians . The citizens , in such cases , had always so many drains on their resources , to which interest com- pelled them to attend , that ...
... walls in a state of poverty , in order to seek refuge and food during the ravages of the barbarians . The citizens , in such cases , had always so many drains on their resources , to which interest com- pelled them to attend , that ...
עמוד 15
... wall of Thrace . Singidon , Auchialos , all Greece , and many cities and fortresses , were taken and plundered ; everything was laid waste with fire and sword , for the greater part of the imperial army was stationed at the time in Asia ...
... wall of Thrace . Singidon , Auchialos , all Greece , and many cities and fortresses , were taken and plundered ; everything was laid waste with fire and sword , for the greater part of the imperial army was stationed at the time in Asia ...
עמוד 16
... walls of the houses rendered it difficult to penetrate , and no cattle could be found in the surrounding country . I have visited villages in which bread had not been made for a fortnight , the whole of the inhabitants living on herbs ...
... walls of the houses rendered it difficult to penetrate , and no cattle could be found in the surrounding country . I have visited villages in which bread had not been made for a fortnight , the whole of the inhabitants living on herbs ...
עמוד 20
... walls of fortified towns , and the country was thus entirely abandoned to the Sclavonians , whose colonies , already established in Greece , found by this means an opportunity of extending their settlements . The fact seems to be so ...
... walls of fortified towns , and the country was thus entirely abandoned to the Sclavonians , whose colonies , already established in Greece , found by this means an opportunity of extending their settlements . The fact seems to be so ...
עמוד 46
... walls of Constantinople , and gradually rolled back the tide of conquest till Mount Taurus became the barrier of the empire . The Byzantine armies had stopped the full force of the torrent before Charles Martel encountered one of its ...
... walls of Constantinople , and gradually rolled back the tide of conquest till Mount Taurus became the barrier of the empire . The Byzantine armies had stopped the full force of the torrent before Charles Martel encountered one of its ...
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עמוד 523 - COQUET-DALE FISHING SONGS. Now first collected by a North-Country Angler, with the Music of the Airs. 8vo, 5s.
עמוד 452 - ... the Ganges to Damascus and the Archipelago, Asia was in the hand of Timour ; his armies were invincible, his ambition was boundless, and his zeal might aspire to conquer and convert the Christian kingdoms of the West, which already trembled at his name. He touched the utmost verge of the land ; but an insuperable though narrow sea rolled between the two continents of Europe and Asia, and the lord of so many tomans, or myriads of horse, was not master of a single galley.
עמוד 494 - In concluding the history of this Greek state, we inquire in vain for any benefit that it conferred on the human race.