 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 484 pàgines
...champions of Chriftendom. His magnanimity accepted a truft as full of danger as of glory ; but in a crty where his Saviour had been crowned with thorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name and enfigns of royalty ^ and the founder of the kingdom of Jerufalem contented himfelf with the modeft... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pàgines
...army, proclaimed Godfrey of Bouillon the first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger as...in a city where his Saviour had been crowned with diorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name and ensigns of royalty ; and the founder of the kingdom... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 pàgines
...In imitation of his Saviour he was crowned with thorns; he rejected the appendages of royalty, and contented himself with the modest title of Defender, and Baron of the holy sepulchre. (AD 1099.) His companions, with the exception only of the gallant Tancred and his adherents, returned... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 482 pàgines
...army, proclaimed Godfrey of Bouillon the -first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger as...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. His government of a single year *, too short for the public happiness, was interrupted in •the first... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 484 pàgines
...first and most worthy of the champions of Chris- i — v— -J tendom. His magnanimity accepted ari .trust as full of danger as of glory ; but in a city...with thorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name ancj ensigns of royalty ; and the founder of tne, kingdom of Jerusalem contented himself with , thea... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1824 - 216 pàgines
...elected king of Jerusalem by the unanimous voice of the army ; and " his magnanimity," says Gibbon, " accepted a trust as full of danger as of glory. But,...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre." Gibbon, c. Iviii. The speech attributed to Godfrey on this occasion is, that he would not wear a crown... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pàgines
...GodXLIV. f re y o £ g ou iu on t h e fj rst an d mos t W orthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a trust as full of danger as...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. His government of a single year *, too short for the public happiness, was interrupted in the first... | |
 | William (of Malmesbury) - 1840 - 440 pàgines
...name and ensigns of royalty in a city where his Saviour had been crowned with thorns : he con tented himself with the modest title of ' Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre.' did not live to hear of the memorable event ; he died 29th of July 1099, fourteen days after the conquest... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1841 - 504 pàgines
...Bouillon the first and most worthy of the champions of Christendom. His magnanimity accepted a tnist as full of danger as of glory; but in a city where...title of Defender and Baron of the Holy Sepulchre. His government of a single year,(115) too short for the public happiness, was interrupted in the first... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1845 - 706 pàgines
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His magnanimity accepted a tnist as full of danger as of glory; but in a city where his Saviour had been crowned with thorns, the devout pilgrim rejected the name and ensigns of royalty: and the founder of the kingdom of Jerusalem contented himself with... 
