Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volumes 294-295F. Jefferies, 1967 - Early English newspapers |
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Page 189
I THE SARACENS IN SICILY . T is a great loss to historians interested in the beautiful island of Sicily that Professor Freeman did not live to complete , as he hoped to do , his history of Sicily down to its conquest by the Normans ...
I THE SARACENS IN SICILY . T is a great loss to historians interested in the beautiful island of Sicily that Professor Freeman did not live to complete , as he hoped to do , his history of Sicily down to its conquest by the Normans ...
Page 190
... Sicily and were desirous of annexing it to their African Empire . In the year 781 the Tyrant of Sicily , Elipidius , who had been Strategos under Constantine VI . , having become embroiled with his suzerain , and seeing it was useless ...
... Sicily and were desirous of annexing it to their African Empire . In the year 781 the Tyrant of Sicily , Elipidius , who had been Strategos under Constantine VI . , having become embroiled with his suzerain , and seeing it was useless ...
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... Sicily was made complete by the capture , under the Emir Ja'far ibn Ahmed , of Syracuse , previously the chief city of the island . The town was a good prize for the invaders ; they looted from the cathedral alone five thousand pounds ...
... Sicily was made complete by the capture , under the Emir Ja'far ibn Ahmed , of Syracuse , previously the chief city of the island . The town was a good prize for the invaders ; they looted from the cathedral alone five thousand pounds ...
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Are Proofs of the Descent of Man being Strengthened? | 43 |
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Goethes Art of Living and Ways of Life By H SCHÜTZ WILSON | 101 |
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