History of the dominion of the Arabs in Spain, tr. by mrs. Jonathan Foster, Volume 2 |
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... defend the place successfully , and seeing no prospect of succour , fled secretly by sea , which he did in the night - time , the darkness preventing the ships of Algarve , which guarded the shore , from perceiving his bark ; and so ...
... defend the place successfully , and seeing no prospect of succour , fled secretly by sea , which he did in the night - time , the darkness preventing the ships of Algarve , which guarded the shore , from perceiving his bark ; and so ...
Page 57
... defending himself and covering his retiring friends , until a great number of his people had died around him . Still ... defend his memory , -nay , they could not venture to appear in public without subjecting themselves to the insolent ...
... defending himself and covering his retiring friends , until a great number of his people had died around him . Still ... defend his memory , -nay , they could not venture to appear in public without subjecting themselves to the insolent ...
Page 78
... defend itself is not easily to be preserved . One day , while Hairan , with his guards , was fighting at the gate of ... defending the second gate , but whom the traitors were then attacking with all the force they could assemble ...
... defend itself is not easily to be preserved . One day , while Hairan , with his guards , was fighting at the gate of ... defending the second gate , but whom the traitors were then attacking with all the force they could assemble ...
Page 82
... defended himself in his Alcazar during twenty days ; but the palace was taken by force , and the unhappy general was thrown into the sea , with all his children . In the year 405 , Hairan passed from Almeria to Cebta , where Aly Ben ...
... defended himself in his Alcazar during twenty days ; but the palace was taken by force , and the unhappy general was thrown into the sea , with all his children . In the year 405 , Hairan passed from Almeria to Cebta , where Aly Ben ...
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... defended the place so bravely , that the confederates , after fighting all night , were still unable to make themselves masters of the palace ; but they obtained possession of all the gates and forts of the city , which the revolted ...
... defended the place so bravely , that the confederates , after fighting all night , were still unable to make themselves masters of the palace ; but they obtained possession of all the gates and forts of the city , which the revolted ...
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