 | Henry Hallam - 1822 - 530 Seiten
...city between the Venetian and Genoese fleets, the weight of the Roman empire, in Gibbon's expression, was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and : powerful republics. Eight gallies were the contribution of the emperor Cantacuzene to his Venetian allies; and upon their... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 Seiten
...of Constantinople. On his just complaint, they coldly blamed the imprudence of their engineer; but the next day the insult was repeated, and they exulted...the balance of these opulent and powerful republics t. From the straits of Gibraltar to the mouth of the Tanais, their fleets encountered each other with... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 Seiten
...city between the V enetian and Uenoese neets, the weight of the Roman empire, in Gibbon's expression, was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and powerful republics. Eight gallies were the contribution of the emperor Cantacuzene to his Venetian allies ; and upon their... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1853 - 446 Seiten
...city between the Venetian and Genoese fleets, the weight of the Roman empire, in Gibbon's expression, was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and powerful republics. Eight gallies were the contribution of the emperor Cantacuzene to his Venetian allies ; and upon their... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1853 - 698 Seiten
...city between the Venetian and Genoese fleets, the weight of the Roman empire, in Gibbon's expression, was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and powerful republics. Eight gallies were the contribution of the emperor Cantacuzene to his Venetian allies ; and upon their... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 502 Seiten
...of Constantinople. On his just complaint, they coldly blamed the imprudence of their engineer ; but the next day the insult was repeated ; and they exulted...the balance of these opulent and powerful republics. M From the straits of Gibraltar to the mouth of the Tanais, their fleets encountered each other with... | |
 | 1855 - 622 Seiten
...assistance of their rivals, the Venetians. ' The weight of the Roman ' empire,' observes Gibbon, ' was scarcely felt in the balance of ' these opulent and powerful republics;' and the Emperor of the East was content to look on as a passive spectator at the memorable battle which... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1856 - 446 Seiten
...the , / ( Venetian and Genoese fleets, the weight of the Roman em- ' pire, in Gibbon's expression, was scarcely felt in the balance of these opulent and powerful republics. Eight galleys were the contribution of the emperor Cantacuzene to his Venetian allies; and upon their... | |
 | Lewis Morris - 1858 - 48 Seiten
...Venetians and Catalans, that struggle was entered upon in which, in the expressive words of Gibbon, the weight of the Roman Empire was scarcely felt in the balance. The great sea-fight of 1352 presents a striking picture. On a wild February evening, the united fleets... | |
 | Lewis Morris - 1858 - 48 Seiten
...Venetians and Catalans, that struggle was entered upon in which, in the expressive words of Gibbon, the weight of the Roman Empire was scarcely felt in the balance. The great sea-fight of 1352 presents a striking picture. On a wild February evening, the united fleets... | |
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the next day the insult was repeated, and they exulted in a second proof that the royal city was not beyond the reach of their artillery. Cantacuzene instantly signed his treaty with the Venetians; but the weight of the Roman empire was scarcely felt... 
