| Edward Gibbon - 1783 - 438 pągines
...were allured by the hopes of plunder j and, after an interval of fix centuries, the fleets that iffued from the port of Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The fuccefs of the Vandals, the conqueft of Sicily, the fack of Palermo, and the frequent defcents... | |
| Edward William Whitaker - 1795 - 318 pągines
...active and fteady perfeverance. " And after an interval of fix centuries, '• the fleets that iflued from the port of " Carthage again claimed the empire of " the Mediterranean," which they ex" ercifed fo abfolutely it feems, as to ," conquer Sicily, fack Palermo, and " make frequent... | |
| John Charnock - 1801 - 956 pągines
...country accessible to their arms : the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder; and after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that issued from the port of Carthage ngain claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. T»e sin cess <ii"tlie Vandals, the conquest of Sicily,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 448 pągines
...country accessible to their arms ; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of -plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that...the port of Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean1. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of Sicily, the sack of Palermo, and the frequent... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 446 pągines
...Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets ihat issued from the port of Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of Sicily, the sack of Palermo, and the frequent descents... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 440 pągines
...country accessible to their arms ; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that issued from the port of Garth age again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of... | |
| William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 pągines
...other conjectures, they were constructed at different periods. 268 Progress of Discovery CHAP. iv. The beginning of the tables is lost, comprising Portugal,...Leo, alarmed at this success, fitted out a fleet of 1 J 13 ships, at the expense, it is calculated, of nearly five millions sterling. This fleet, with an... | |
| William Stevenson, Robert Kerr - 1824 - 706 pągines
...the object which he had in view ; nor did any real service to the empire result from a fleet of 1100 large ships that he fitted out, to act in conjunction...Leo, alarmed at this success, fitted out a fleet of 1113 ships, at the expense, it is calculated, of nearly five millions sterling. This fleet, with an... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 pągines
...the object which he had in view ; nor did any real service to the empire result from a fleet of 1100 large ships that he fitted out, to • act in conjunction...Leo, alarmed at this success, fitted out a fleet of 1113 ships, at the expense, it is calculated, of nearly five millions sterling This fleet, with an... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 pągines
...country accessible to their arms; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that...Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of Sicily, the sack of Palermo, and the frequent descents... | |
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