 On a sudden the banner of the Cross was displayed by the Latins ; Europe was precipitated on Asia ; and Constantinople had almost been swept away by this impetuous deluge. In the tempest, Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage....  Universal history, ancient and modern - Σελίδα 220των William Fordyce Mavor - 1804Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was revived, and a new generation of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was revived, and a new generation of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 460 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies, he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was reversed, and a new generation of... | |
 | 1832 - 618 σελίδες
...his peers." k If such an expression can be tolerated in poetry, it certainly cannot in prose. "At the head of his armies, he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour." ' He should have written, and he rose from his defeats. He did... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies, he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was reversed, and a new generation of... | |
 | 1833 - 448 σελίδες
...Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies, he was bold in action, skilt'ti) in stratagem, patient of fatigue, ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was reversed, and a new generation of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 500 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies, he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was reversed, and a new generation of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 550 σελίδες
...deluge. In the tempest, Alexius steered the Imperiai vessel with dexterity and courage. At the bead of his armies he was bold in action, skilful in stratagem,...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was revived, and a new generation of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1844 - 546 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest, Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies he was bold in action, skilful in stratagem, patient of fatigue, ready to improve bis advantages, And rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 606 σελίδες
...impetuous deluge. In the tempest Alexius steered the Imperial vessel with dexterity and courage. At the head of his armies, he was bold in action, skilful...ready to improve his advantages, and rising from his defeats with inexhaustible vigour. The discipline of the camp was reversed, and a new generation of... | |
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