The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 5 (Unabridged

1 Chapter 47 07:38

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2 Yet in the insufficient creed of the Nazarenes… 12:03

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3 III. Such were the fleeting shadows of the Docetes. 09:28

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Title: III. Such were the fleeting shadows of the Docetes.
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4 V. The grovelling Ebionite and the fantastic Docetes… 10:36

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5 Such honours might incite the faithful to combat and die… 09:46

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6 It was the duty of Cyril to enlighten the zeal and ignorance… 09:48

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Title: It was the duty of Cyril to enlighten the zeal and ignorance…
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7 His throne was distant and inaccessible… 09:46

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Title: His throne was distant and inaccessible…
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8 Secluded from the church and from the world… 09:59

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1 A quarter of a mile from the Thracian Bosphorus… 11:17

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2 The disorders of thirty years at length produced… 11:36

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3 Justinian has been already seen in the various lights… 10:03

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4 With these sentiments, it was incumbent on him… 09:44

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5 The faculties of sense and reason are least capable… 10:38

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Title: The faculties of sense and reason are least capable…
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6 Armenia and Abyssinia were infected by the speech… 10:47

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Title: Armenia and Abyssinia were infected by the speech…
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7 The desire of gaining souls for God… 07:34

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8 When the Portuguese first opened the navigation… 07:12

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1 In this spiritual distress the expiring faction… 09:58

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2 IV. Since the age of Constantine… 09:54

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3 A more important conquest still remained… 08:33

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Title: A more important conquest still remained…
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4 Christianity was more deeply rooted in the Abyssinian empire… 10:29

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5 Chapter 48 09:23

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6 After this foundation of Byzantine history… 11:30

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7 We shall imagine ourselves transported… 10:42

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8 On the edge of the Scythian wilderness… 08:05

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1 Between the fall of the Heraclian and the rise… 10:11

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2 Leo the Fourth, the son of the fifth and the father… 10:19

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Title: Leo the Fourth, the son of the fifth and the father…
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3 Many tyrants have reigned undoubtedly more criminal… 10:34

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4 The character of Theophilus is a rare example… 10:11

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5 The unnatural lusts which had degraded even the manhood… 09:58

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Title: The unnatural lusts which had degraded even the manhood…
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6 Yet under his reign the Roman arms were again formidable… 09:43

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7 The succeeding years of the minority of Constantine… 09:18

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8 Yet he imposed on a holy patriarch… 09:14

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1 Of such a character, in such an age… 10:23

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2 The soldiers had served with reluctant loyalty… 09:44

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3 John Comnenus, the brother of the emperor Isaac… 09:31

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4 It was the wish of Irene to supplant the eldest… 08:40

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5 The story of his exploits, which appear as a model… 09:13

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Title: The story of his exploits, which appear as a model…
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6 At length he found the moment and the means… 09:00

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Title: At length he found the moment and the means…
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7 The patriarch laboured with honest zeal to heal the wounds… 08:29

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8 With the dawn of day the city burst into a general sedition… 09:34

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Title: With the dawn of day the city burst into a general sedition…
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9 Chapter 49 04:25

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1 But a memorial more interesting than the skull… 11:22

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2 The worship of images had stolen into the church… 11:16

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3 The scandal of an abstract heresy… 09:24

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4 Two original epistles, from Gregory the Second… 10:20

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5 To punish this flagitious deed… 11:43

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Title: To punish this flagitious deed…
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6 In his distress the first Gregory had implored the aid… 10:53

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Title: In his distress the first Gregory had implored the aid…
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7 II. In the change of manners and language… 07:13

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8 But in the rigid interpretation of the laws… 06:56

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1 The emperors and the Romans were incapable… 10:08

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2 After the death of Theophilus the final victory… 10:04

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3 From his prison he escaped to the Vatican… 09:41

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4 The union and stability of his empire… 09:56

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Title: The union and stability of his empire…
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5 V. He retaliated on the Avars, or Huns of Pannonia… 10:29

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Title: V. He retaliated on the Avars, or Huns of Pannonia…
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6 Otho was of the noble race of the dukes of Saxony… 10:10

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7 Otho the First imposed a treaty on the senate… 09:46

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8 The alarum-bell rang to arms in every quarter… 09:15

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1 Ambitious of restoring the splendour of the purple… 11:04

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2 It is in the fourteenth century that we may view… 08:18

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3 Chapter 50 10:54

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4 Arabia, in the opinion of the naturalist, is the genuine… 09:01

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Title: Arabia, in the opinion of the naturalist, is the genuine…
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5 The perpetual independence of the Arabs has been the theme… 11:28

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Title: The perpetual independence of the Arabs has been the theme…
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6 In the study of nations and men we may observe… 10:12

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Title: In the study of nations and men we may observe…
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7 The ferocious Bedoweens, the terror of the desert… 08:48

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Title: The ferocious Bedoweens, the terror of the desert…
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8 From Japan to Peru, the use of sacrifice has universally… 09:40

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Title: From Japan to Peru, the use of sacrifice has universally…
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1 The base and plebeian origin of Mohammed… 09:50

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2 He compares the nations and the religions of the earth… 09:34

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3 The God of nature has written his existence on all his works… 12:04

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Title: The God of nature has written his existence on all his works…
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4 The mission of the ancient prophets, of Moses and of Jesus… 09:58

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Title: The mission of the ancient prophets, of Moses and of Jesus…
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5 II. The voluntary penance of the ascetics… 09:25

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6 With the two simple elements of darkness and fire… 10:33

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Title: With the two simple elements of darkness and fire…
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7 The people of Mecca were hardened in their unbelief… 10:03

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Title: The people of Mecca were hardened in their unbelief…
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8 From his establishment at Medina, Mohammed assumed… 08:00

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Title: From his establishment at Medina, Mohammed assumed…
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1 From all sides the roving Arabs were allured… 09:26

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2 The choice of Jerusalem for the first kebla of prayer… 10:39

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3 The conquest of Mecca determined the faith and obedience… 10:40

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Title: The conquest of Mecca determined the faith and obedience…
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4 Till the age of sixty-three years, the strength of Mohammed… 10:53

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Title: Till the age of sixty-three years, the strength of Mohammed…
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5 The injustice of Mecca and the choice of Medina… 10:44

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Title: The injustice of Mecca and the choice of Medina…
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6 In the largest indulgence of polygamy… 09:36

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Title: In the largest indulgence of polygamy…
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7 The mischiefs that flow from the contests of ambition… 08:22

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Title: The mischiefs that flow from the contests of ambition…
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8 After this victory, which was styled the Day of the Camel… 08:56

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Title: After this victory, which was styled the Day of the Camel…
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1 He traversed the desert of Arabia… 10:41

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2 The talents of Mohammed are entitled to our applause… 08:26

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3 Chapter 51 10:02

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4 In the victorious days of the Roman republic… 08:49

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Title: In the victorious days of the Roman republic…
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5 The indignation and fears of the Persians… 10:35

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Title: The indignation and fears of the Persians…
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6 In every age the foundation and ruin… 10:19

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Title: In every age the foundation and ruin…
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7 After the fall of the Persian kingdom… 08:26

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Title: After the fall of the Persian kingdom…
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8 One of the fifteen provinces of Syria, the cultivated lands… 12:02

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Title: One of the fifteen provinces of Syria, the cultivated lands…
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1 In the presence of both armies a venerable Greek advanced… 10:48

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Title: In the presence of both armies a venerable Greek advanced…
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2 The hungry and cruel Arabs would have obeyed… 01:57

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Title: The hungry and cruel Arabs would have obeyed…
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3 Syria, one of the countries that have been improved… 09:36

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Title: Syria, one of the countries that have been improved…
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4 The exhortation of the generals was brief and forcible. 09:46

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Title: The exhortation of the generals was brief and forcible.
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5 To achieve what yet remained of the Syrian war… 10:58

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Title: To achieve what yet remained of the Syrian war…
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6 The sieges and battles of six campaigns… 08:42

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Title: The sieges and battles of six campaigns…
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7 III. The conquest of Egypt may be explained… 10:16

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Title: III. The conquest of Egypt may be explained…
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8 Yet the Arabs, after a glorious and profitable enterprise… 07:17

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Title: Yet the Arabs, after a glorious and profitable enterprise…
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1 The efforts of the Arabs were not inadequate… 10:04

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Title: The efforts of the Arabs were not inadequate…
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2 A more destructive zeal may perhaps be attributed… 11:13

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Title: A more destructive zeal may perhaps be attributed…
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3 Our reason must be startled by these extravagant assertions… 09:59

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Title: Our reason must be startled by these extravagant assertions…
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4 On a sudden the charge was sounded… 09:58

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Title: On a sudden the charge was sounded…
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5 It had been the frequent practice of the Moorish tribes… 09:50

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Title: It had been the frequent practice of the Moorish tribes…
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6 Such is the tale of the modern Arabians. 11:12

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Title: Such is the tale of the modern Arabians.
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7 Before Musa would trust an army of the faithful… 07:36

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Title: Before Musa would trust an army of the faithful…
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8 Count Julian had plunged so deep into guilt and infamy… 08:39

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Title: Count Julian had plunged so deep into guilt and infamy…
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1 In the midway between Merida and Toledo… 09:34

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2 The resentment of the caliph might have been satiated… 07:45

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3 The wars of the Moslems were sanctified by the prophet… 09:57

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4 The Northern coast of Africa is the only land… 12:56

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5 Chapter 52 08:11

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Title: Chapter 52
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6 The event of the siege revived, both in the East and West… 10:45

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Title: The event of the siege revived, both in the East and West…
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7 The brother of Moslemah was succeeded by a kinsman… 11:36

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Title: The brother of Moslemah was succeeded by a kinsman…
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8 Constantinople and the Greek fire might exclude the Arabs… 07:32

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Title: Constantinople and the Greek fire might exclude the Arabs…
Duration: 07:32

1 A victorious line of march had been prolonged… 09:03

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2 The loss of an army, or a province… 08:49

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Title: The loss of an army, or a province…
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3 Yet the thousands who were swept away by the sword… 11:57

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Title: Yet the thousands who were swept away by the sword…
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4 In a private condition our desires are perpetually repressed… 10:16

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Title: In a private condition our desires are perpetually repressed…
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5 In the libraries of the Arabians, as in those of Europe… 10:22

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Title: In the libraries of the Arabians, as in those of Europe…
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6 But the Moslems deprived themselves of the principal benefits… 11:28

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Title: But the Moslems deprived themselves of the principal benefits…
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7 Under the reign of Almamon at Bagdad… 08:08

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Title: Under the reign of Almamon at Bagdad…
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8 In the sufferings of prostrate Italy… 09:25

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Title: In the sufferings of prostrate Italy…
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1 The emperor Theophilus, son of Michael the Stammerer… 08:20

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Title: The emperor Theophilus, son of Michael the Stammerer…
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2 With Motassem, the eighth of the Abbassides… 10:59

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Title: With Motassem, the eighth of the Abbassides…
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3 The third and most obvious cause was the weight and magnitude… 10:02

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Title: The third and most obvious cause was the weight and magnitude…
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4 Under the mask of piety, the rigid followers of Hanbal… 07:23

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Title: Under the mask of piety, the rigid followers of Hanbal…
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5 The sieges of Mopsuestia and Tarsus, In Cilicia… 08:12

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Title: The sieges of Mopsuestia and Tarsus, In Cilicia…
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6 Chapter 53 10:18

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Title: Chapter 53
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7 After the final division between the sons of Theodosius… 10:22

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Title: After the final division between the sons of Theodosius…
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8 In the time of Constantine Porphyrogenitus they had acquired… 13:54

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Title: In the time of Constantine Porphyrogenitus they had acquired…
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1 But the toil and treasure of so many ages… 09:25

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2 But in every monarchy the substantial powers of government… 10:25

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3 In his regular or extraordinary processions… 09:17

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Title: In his regular or extraordinary processions…
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4 The example of maternal incontinence was copied… 11:15

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Title: The example of maternal incontinence was copied…
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5 The principles of maritime tactics had not undergone… 08:32

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Title: The principles of maritime tactics had not undergone…
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6 These scruples of the Greeks have been compared… 10:00

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Title: These scruples of the Greeks have been compared…
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7 A nation endowed with such high and intrepid spirit… 10:18

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Title: A nation endowed with such high and intrepid spirit…
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8 In the ninth century we trace the first dawnings… 09:14

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1 In the revolution of ten centuries, not a single discovery… 06:17

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2 Chapter 54 09:23

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Title: Chapter 54
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3 Of the ecclesiastical chain, many links had been broken… 11:50

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Title: Of the ecclesiastical chain, many links had been broken…
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4 The most furious and desperate of rebels… 10:16

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Title: The most furious and desperate of rebels…
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5 Alexius dissembled till the moment of revenge… 09:33

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Title: Alexius dissembled till the moment of revenge…
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6 A philosopher, who calculates the degree of their merit… 11:22

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Title: A philosopher, who calculates the degree of their merit…
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7 Chapter 55 10:45

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Title: Chapter 55
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8 The glory of the Bulgarians was confined… 09:49

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Title: The glory of the Bulgarians was confined…
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1 From this primitive country they were driven to the West… 11:32

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2 After a long pilgrimage of flight or victory… 10:07

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Title: After a long pilgrimage of flight or victory…
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3 The Hungarians were expected in the front… 10:18

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Title: The Hungarians were expected in the front…
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4 In the tenth century the geography of Scythia… 09:40

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Title: In the tenth century the geography of Scythia…
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5 The Greek appellation of monoxyla, or single canoes… 11:32

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Title: The Greek appellation of monoxyla, or single canoes…
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6 Nicephorus could no longer expel the mischief… 07:02

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Title: Nicephorus could no longer expel the mischief…
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7 In the sacrament of baptism she received the venerable name… 10:04

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Title: In the sacrament of baptism she received the venerable name…
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8 Chapter 56 09:14

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Title: Chapter 56
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1 On that day the scale of war was turned against the Franks… 08:51

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Title: On that day the scale of war was turned against the Franks…
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2 The establishment of the Normans in the kingdoms of Naples… 10:23

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Title: The establishment of the Normans in the kingdoms of Naples…
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3 Above twenty years after the first emigration… 09:54

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Title: Above twenty years after the first emigration…
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4 A harder trial was reserved for the valour of Count Humphrey… 09:26

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Title: A harder trial was reserved for the valour of Count Humphrey…
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5 As the genius of Robert expanded with his fortune… 10:15

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Title: As the genius of Robert expanded with his fortune…
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6 Roger, the twelfth and last of the sons of Tancred… 12:12

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Title: Roger, the twelfth and last of the sons of Tancred…
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7 At the mouth of the Adriatic Gulf… 07:00

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Title: At the mouth of the Adriatic Gulf…
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8 The enumeration of provinces recalls a sad comparison… 08:25

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Title: The enumeration of provinces recalls a sad comparison…
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1 It is more than probable that Guiscard was not afflicted… 09:51

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2 The ruins of the Septizonium were still defended… 10:22

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3 Of human life, the most glorious or humble prospects… 10:28

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Title: Of human life, the most glorious or humble prospects…
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4 Since the decease of Robert Guiscard… 09:26

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Title: Since the decease of Robert Guiscard…
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5 The pride of Manuel disdained and rejected… 10:15

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Title: The pride of Manuel disdained and rejected…
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6 The youth, innocence, and beauty of William the Second… 09:21

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Title: The youth, innocence, and beauty of William the Second…
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