An Abridgment of Mr. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 |
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... sword - Voluntary or reluctant fubmiffion of the Arabs - His death and fuc- ceffors - The claims and fortunes of Ali and his descend- ants , • • 210 • CHAPTER XXXVII . The conquest of Perfia , Syria , Egypt , Africa , and Spain , by the ...
... sword - Voluntary or reluctant fubmiffion of the Arabs - His death and fuc- ceffors - The claims and fortunes of Ali and his descend- ants , • • 210 • CHAPTER XXXVII . The conquest of Perfia , Syria , Egypt , Africa , and Spain , by the ...
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... swords ? Are you insensible that the " victor in this unnatural contest will be exposed , and " justly exposed , to their implacable revenge ? Where " are those warriors , my kinsmen and thy own , whose " widows now lament that their ...
... swords ? Are you insensible that the " victor in this unnatural contest will be exposed , and " justly exposed , to their implacable revenge ? Where " are those warriors , my kinsmen and thy own , whose " widows now lament that their ...
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... sword . The policy of the monarch perpetuated the separation of the natives from the invaders ; the for- mer were configned to the gentle arts of peace , while the latter were affiduoufly trained to war and exercised in arms . The ...
... sword . The policy of the monarch perpetuated the separation of the natives from the invaders ; the for- mer were configned to the gentle arts of peace , while the latter were affiduoufly trained to war and exercised in arms . The ...
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... sword in the pride of conquest and the vigour of his age ; the thirty - three years of his reign were confecrated to civil duties ; and the wars in which he was sometimes engaged were ra- ther to defend than to extend his territories ...
... sword in the pride of conquest and the vigour of his age ; the thirty - three years of his reign were confecrated to civil duties ; and the wars in which he was sometimes engaged were ra- ther to defend than to extend his territories ...
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... sword was sheathed by the sanguinary vitors . During the three years war , the unhappy frontier was exposed to incessant calamities ; and when the mind of Cabades inclined to peace , he fold his conquests at an immense price . To refift ...
... sword was sheathed by the sanguinary vitors . During the three years war , the unhappy frontier was exposed to incessant calamities ; and when the mind of Cabades inclined to peace , he fold his conquests at an immense price . To refift ...
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Page 149 - While the Persian monarch contemplated the wonders of his art and power, he received an epistle from an obscure citizen of Mecca, inviting him to acknowledge Mahomet as the apostle of God. He rejected the invitation, and tore the epistle. " It is thus," exclaimed the Arabian prophet, " that God will tear the kingdom and reject " the supplications of Chosroes.
Page 25 - Caesar! to fly, you have treasures; behold the sea, you have ships; but tremble lest the desire of life should expose you to wretched exile and ignominious death. For my own part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity, that the throne...
Page 326 - For my part," replied the generous Malek, "I implored the Lord of hosts that he would take from me my life and crown, if my brother be more worthy than myself to reign over the Moslems.
Page 284 - But the invincible spirit which they had kindled still lived and breathed in the Western world. In the state, in the church, and even in the cloister, a latent succession was preserved of the disciples of St. Paul ; who protested against the tyranny of Rome, embraced the Bible as the rule of faith, and purified their creed from all the visions of the Gnostic theology...
Page 212 - ... lighter and more active frame, outstrips the fleetest courser in the race. Alive or dead, almost every part of the camel is serviceable to man; her milk is plentiful and nutritious; the young and tender flesh has the taste of veal...
Page 222 - O prophet, I am the man: whosoever rises against thee, I will dash out his teeth, tear out his eyes, break his legs, rip up his belly. O prophet, I will be thy vizir over them.
Page 427 - Moslem world. Be wise in time ; reflect ; repent ; and avert the thunder of our vengeance, which is yet suspended over thy head. Thou art no more than a pismire ; why wilt thou seek to provoke the elephants? Alas! they will trample thee under their feet.
Page 195 - West ? The eyes of the nations are fixed on our humility; and they revere, as a God upon earth, the apostle St. Peter, whose image you threaten to destroy.
Page 336 - ... the infidels; to despise the allurements of ease and safety; and to vindicate in every perilous adventure the honour of his character.
Page 218 - The faith which, under the name of Islam,* he preached to his family and nation, is compounded of an eternal truth, and a necessary fiction, THAT THERE is ONLY ONE GOD, AND THAT MAHOMET IS THE APOSTLE OF GOD.