A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Band 3Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... prisoner by the Turkish sultan ; who obliged him to sign an humiliating treaty , and then set him at liberty . During his misfortunes , a revolution was effected at Constantinople ; Eudocia had been driven from the throne , and shut up ...
... prisoner by the Turkish sultan ; who obliged him to sign an humiliating treaty , and then set him at liberty . During his misfortunes , a revolution was effected at Constantinople ; Eudocia had been driven from the throne , and shut up ...
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... , com- manding an army of one hundred thousand men , in the Arme- nian territory , and took him prisoner , but treated him kindly till he was ransomed , when he was dismissed , 10 ( CENT . XI . UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY .
... , com- manding an army of one hundred thousand men , in the Arme- nian territory , and took him prisoner , but treated him kindly till he was ransomed , when he was dismissed , 10 ( CENT . XI . UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY .
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... prisoner , in 1072. His words to his attendants , when he found his end approaching , are worthy of record : " In my youth , " said he , " I was advised by a wise man to humble myself before God , never to confide in my own strength ...
... prisoner , in 1072. His words to his attendants , when he found his end approaching , are worthy of record : " In my youth , " said he , " I was advised by a wise man to humble myself before God , never to confide in my own strength ...
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... prisoner , and obliged to pay a large ransom , and finding himself inferior in strength to the emperor , he secretly passed over into Italy , went to France , where , in 1106 he married Constance , daughter to king Philip I. , and ...
... prisoner , and obliged to pay a large ransom , and finding himself inferior in strength to the emperor , he secretly passed over into Italy , went to France , where , in 1106 he married Constance , daughter to king Philip I. , and ...
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... prisoner by them in 1124 : and gave up the city of Tyre to obtain his li- berty . He died in 1131 . GERMANY . HENRY III . , emperor of Germany , surnamed The Black , at the age of twenty - two succeeded to the empire on the decease of ...
... prisoner by them in 1124 : and gave up the city of Tyre to obtain his li- berty . He died in 1131 . GERMANY . HENRY III . , emperor of Germany , surnamed The Black , at the age of twenty - two succeeded to the empire on the decease of ...
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Seite 18 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Seite 455 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil.
Seite 160 - Richard, therefore, concluded a truce with that monarch, and stipulated that Acre, Joppa, and other sea-port towns of Palestine, should remain in the hands of the Christians, and that every one of that religion should have liberty to perform his pilgrimage to Jerusalem unmolested.
Seite 203 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Seite 186 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Seite 440 - This gentleman being sent out by Henry, before the battle, to reconnoitre the enemy, and to find out their strength, made this report : — " May it please you, my liege, there are enough to be killed, enough to be taken prisoners, and enough to run away.
Seite 38 - Godeva, bearing an extraordinary affection to this place, often and earnestly besought her husband that for the love of God and the blessed Virgin, he would free it from that grievous servitude whereunto it was subject : but he rebuking her for importuning him in a...
Seite 192 - Innocent may boast of the two most signal triumphs over sense and humanity, the establishment of transubstantiation, and the origin of the inquisition.
Seite 434 - This prince lived in a more magnificent manner than perhaps any of his predecessors or successors. His household consisted of ten thousand persons : he had three hundred in his kitchen ; and all the other offices were furnished in proportion1".
Seite 238 - It was on the twenty-seventh of July, in the year twelve hundred and ninety-nine of the Christian aera, that Othman first invaded the territory of Nicomedia *; and the singular accuracy of the date seems to disclose some foresight of the rapid and destructive growth of the monster.