A HISTORY OF GREECE FROM ITS CONQUEST BY THE ROMANS TO THE PRESENT TIME B.C. 146 TO A.D. 18641877 |
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עמוד 389 - ... and we gave the understanding thereof unto Solomon. And on all of them we bestowed wisdom and knowledge. And we compelled the mountains to praise us, with David ; and the birds also : and we did this. (80) And we taught him the art of making coats of mail for you, that they may defend you in your wars...
עמוד 425 - In concluding the history of this Greek state, we inquire in vain for any benefit that it conferred on the human race.
עמוד 134 - quaedam puella, filia archiepiscopi Atheniensis, nomine Constantina, nondum vicesimum agens annum, virtutibus praedita, omnem trivii et quadrivii noverat difficultatem . . . et quicquid boni scivit in scientia, ut saepe asseruit, licet Parisius diu studuisset et legisset, ab ea mendicaverat. Haec puella pestilentias, tonitrua, eclipsim, et quod mirabilius fuit, terrae motum praedicens, omnes suos auditores infallibiliter praemunivit.
עמוד 161 - The republic of Florence deemed it an object worthy of its especial attention to obtain a commercial treaty with the duchy, for the purpose of securing to the citizens of the republic all the privileges enjoyed by the Venetians, Catalans, and Genoese.
עמוד 144 - ... with vineyards, and orchards covered ground now reduced, by the want of irrigation, to yield only scanty pasturage to the flocks of nomade shepherds. The valonia, the cotton, the silk, and the leather of Attica then supplied native manufactories, and the surplus commanded a high price in the European markets. The trade of Athens was considerable, and the luxury of the Athenian ducal court was celebrated in all the regions of the West where chivalry flourished.
עמוד 154 - After the death of Roger Deslau, in 1326, the Catalans sent a deputation to Sicily, begging Frederick II. to invest his second son, Manfred, with the dukedom of Athens, and praying him to send a regent to govern the country during his son's minority. From that time the duchy of Athens and Neopatras became an appanage to the house of Aragon. Manfred, William, and John, the younger sons of king Frederick II. of Sicily, held it in succession.1 Frederick, marquis of Randazzo, son of John, succeeded his...
עמוד 155 - When the Count of Foix, in 1285, endeavored to persuade the Catalan admiral, Roger de Loria, to consent to a truce, and attempted to intimidate him by saying, "that France could arm three hundred galleys :" " Let her do it," exclaimed Loria ; " I will sweep the sea with my hundred, and no ship without leave from the King of Aragon shall pass ; no, nor shall a fish dare to raise its head above the water, unless I can see that it bears the arms of Aragon on its tail...
עמוד 23 - ... through the lapse of ages that same power of assimilation, by which in ancient times it amalgamated with itself the large Pelasgic population of the country. In this way, though physically the modern Greeks may have but a slight, perhaps a very slight, claim to call the ancient Greeks their forefathers, yet in all that really constitutes a people, their character, feelings, and ideas, they are their lineal descendants.
עמוד 143 - The city was large and wealthy, the country thickly covered with villages, of which the ruins may still be traced in spots affording no indications of Hellenic sites. Aqueducts and cisterns then gave fertility to land now unproductive ; olive, almond, [Ch.VI.
עמוד 91 - Gesta, c. 94, p. 538) nee religioni, nee aetati, nec sexui pepercerunt: sed fornicationes, adulteria, et incestus in oculis omnium exercentes, non solum maritatas et viduas, sed et matronas et virgines Deoque dicatas, exposuerunt spurcitiis garcionum. Villehardouin takes no notice of these common incidents.] [Footnote 87: Nicetas saved, and afterwards married, a noble virgin, (p.