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... infidels , in order to be in readiness for that grand event . It was proposed that the chris- tians of Europe should march in a body sufficient to 6 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . CHAPTER II The same continued the Crusades • Page.
... infidels , in order to be in readiness for that grand event . It was proposed that the chris- tians of Europe should march in a body sufficient to 6 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . CHAPTER II The same continued the Crusades • Page.
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... grand and favorite object for two centuries . The reader may judge of the importance of the en- terprize , when he is told that , after two centuries were elapsed , and upwards of two millions of lives lost , and incalculable sums ...
... grand and favorite object for two centuries . The reader may judge of the importance of the en- terprize , when he is told that , after two centuries were elapsed , and upwards of two millions of lives lost , and incalculable sums ...
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... grand cause , where life , honor , and glo ry were all at stake . The Crusades may , in fact , be regarded as the commencement of that intercourse among the people of Europe , which has been ever since increasing ; and which cannot fail ...
... grand cause , where life , honor , and glo ry were all at stake . The Crusades may , in fact , be regarded as the commencement of that intercourse among the people of Europe , which has been ever since increasing ; and which cannot fail ...
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... grand event , commonly called the revival of letters . The Crusades had , in some measure , loosened the fetters of the feudal system , and diffused a spirit of enterprise through Europe , when commerce , which had long been limited to ...
... grand event , commonly called the revival of letters . The Crusades had , in some measure , loosened the fetters of the feudal system , and diffused a spirit of enterprise through Europe , when commerce , which had long been limited to ...
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... grand epoch to all commercial nations . It , in short , gave a new face to the old world , and brought a new world to light . 1 . If the mariner's compass formed a new and grand æra AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . 19.
... grand epoch to all commercial nations . It , in short , gave a new face to the old world , and brought a new world to light . 1 . If the mariner's compass formed a new and grand æra AN HISTORICAL COMPEND . 19.
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Page 71 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
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