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A debt of three hundred years , or twelve hundred pounds , was enough to
impoverish a plentiful fortune . The scarcity of gold and silver was supplied by the
alienation of land ; and the princely donations of Pepin and Charlemagne are ...
A debt of three hundred years , or twelve hundred pounds , was enough to
impoverish a plentiful fortune . The scarcity of gold and silver was supplied by the
alienation of land ; and the princely donations of Pepin and Charlemagne are ...
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the value of his money , plate , and jewels ; yet after a voluntary gift of two
hundred vases of silver , after much had been secreted by his friends and
plundered by his foes , his forfeit treasures were sufficient for the equipment of a
fleet of ...
the value of his money , plate , and jewels ; yet after a voluntary gift of two
hundred vases of silver , after much had been secreted by his friends and
plundered by his foes , his forfeit treasures were sufficient for the equipment of a
fleet of ...
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The explosion was felt or heard in a circuit of a hundred furlongs . The ball , by
the force of gunpowder , was driven above a mile ; and on the spot where it fell , it
buried itself a fathom deep in the ground . For the conveyance of this destructive
...
The explosion was felt or heard in a circuit of a hundred furlongs . The ball , by
the force of gunpowder , was driven above a mile ; and on the spot where it fell , it
buried itself a fathom deep in the ground . For the conveyance of this destructive
...
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CHAPTER LVIII | 13 |
Raymond of Toulouse 38 | 77 |
CHAPTER LIX | 88 |
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| Titel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 6 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon |
| Autor/in | Edward Gibbon |
| Verlag | Nottingham Society, 1845 |
| Original von | Ohio State University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Sept. 2013 |
| ISBN | 0713991240, 9780713991246 |
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