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" ... of Timour, the remedy was far more pernicious than the disease. By their rapine, cruelty, and discord, the petty tyrants of Persia might afflict their subjects, but whole nations were crushed under the footsteps of the reformer. The ground which had... "
Notes on Pondicherry; or, The French in India. To which is added A sketch of ... - Page 74
by Pondicherry - 1845
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 12

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1788 - 470 pages
...were crufhed under the footfteps of the reformer. The ground which had been occupied by flourifhing cities, was often marked by his abominable trophies, by columns, or pyramids, of human heads. Aftracan, Caiizme, Delhi, Ifpahan, Bagdad, Aleppo, Damafcus, Bourfa, Smyrna, and a thoufand others,...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History ..., Volume 9

English poetry - 1789 - 602 pages
...were cruihed under the footileps of the reformer. The ground which had been occupied by flourishing cities, was often marked by his abominable trophies, by columns, or pyramids, of human heads. Aftracaii, Carizme, Delhi, Ifpahan, Bjgdad, Aleppo, Damafcus, Bourfa, Smyrna, and a thouiand others,...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...were crushed under the footsteps of the reformer. The ground which had been occupied by flourishing cities, was often marked by his abominable trophies,...were sacked, or burnt, or utterly destroyed, in his preserice, and by CHAP, his troops ; and perhaps his conscience would have been I.XV. startled, if...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 12

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 558 pages
...healed by the sword of Timour, the remedy was far more pernicious than the disease. • By their rapinej cruelty, and discord, the petty tyrants of Persia...troops ; and perhaps his conscience would have been start- • led, if a priest or philosopher had dared to number the millions of victims whom he had...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 12

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 564 pages
...were crushed under the footsteps of the reformer. The ground which had been occupied by flourishing cities, was often marked by his abominable trophies,...utterly destroyed, in his presence, and by his troops j and perhaps his conscience would have been staru led, if a priest or philosopher had dared to number...
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Illustrations of Prophecy ...

Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...an army of 400,000 horse and foot, commanded by the Turkish emperor, Bajazet. ' Astracan, Carisme, Delhi, Ispahan, Bagdad, Aleppo, Damascus, Boursa,...others, were sacked, or burnt, or utterly destroyed, in liis presence, and by his troops. — From the Irtish and Volga to the Persian gulf, and from the Ganges...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...cities, was often marked by bis abominable trophies, by columns, or pyramids, of human heads. Astracán, Carizme, Delhi, Ispahan, Bagdad, Aleppo, Damascus,...destroyed, in his presence, and by his troops : and perCHAP, haps his conscience would have been startled, if a priest LXV- or philosopher had dared to...
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Universal History Americanised; Or, An Historical View of the World, from ...

David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...the remedy was more pernicious than the disease. The ground, which had been occupied by flourishing cities, was often marked by his abominable trophies,...Boursa, Smyrna, and a thousand others, were sacked, burnt or utterly destroyed in his presence, and by his troops. To number the millions of victi MS,...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 4

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1829 - 482 pages
...cities, was often marked by his abominable trophies, by columns, or pyramids of human heads. Astracán, Carizme, Delhi, Ispahan, Bagdad, Aleppo, Damascus,...Boursa, Smyrna, and a thousand others, were sacked, or burned, or utterly destroyed, in his presence, and by his troops ; and perhaps his conscience would...
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Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Asia - 1844 - 340 pages
...was often marked by his barbarous trophies — by columns, or pyramids, of human heads. Astrachan, Carizme, Delhi, Ispahan, Bagdad, Aleppo, Damascus,...utterly destroyed, in his presence, and by his troops. When he had overturned the ancient government of a country, he left it a prey to all the evils of anarchy....
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