The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... prince of inferior rank , who had taken up arms in the cause of liberty , in order to extricate him- self , had recourse to the principle of filial duty and reverence , which is carried in China to a superstitious excess . An officer ...
... prince of inferior rank , who had taken up arms in the cause of liberty , in order to extricate him- self , had recourse to the principle of filial duty and reverence , which is carried in China to a superstitious excess . An officer ...
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... prince re- leased him , and presented him with a circle of pearls , which he wore upon his own head , and put it upon that of the knight , bidding him wear it as a mark of his courage . BLIND KING OF BOHEMIA . When John de Luxemburg ...
... prince re- leased him , and presented him with a circle of pearls , which he wore upon his own head , and put it upon that of the knight , bidding him wear it as a mark of his courage . BLIND KING OF BOHEMIA . When John de Luxemburg ...
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... prince ; they were , however , soon parted , and the Bohemian monarch and his followers fell in the battle . THE BLACK PRINCE When Edward the Block Prince took the city of Limoges by storm , he ve up the inhabitants to slaughter , until ...
... prince ; they were , however , soon parted , and the Bohemian monarch and his followers fell in the battle . THE BLACK PRINCE When Edward the Block Prince took the city of Limoges by storm , he ve up the inhabitants to slaughter , until ...
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Original and Select. 66 upon their swords , said with one voice to the prince , and the Duke of Lancaster , My lords , we are yours ; you have conquered us , dispose of us ac- cording to the law . " " By heaven , " replied the Duke of ...
Original and Select. 66 upon their swords , said with one voice to the prince , and the Duke of Lancaster , My lords , we are yours ; you have conquered us , dispose of us ac- cording to the law . " " By heaven , " replied the Duke of ...
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... Prince Henry of Brunswick and his sons , approached the city , and invited themselves , by a messenger whom they despatched before , to take their morning's repast with the Countess of Schwartzburgh . So modest a request made at the ...
... Prince Henry of Brunswick and his sons , approached the city , and invited themselves , by a messenger whom they despatched before , to take their morning's repast with the Countess of Schwartzburgh . So modest a request made at the ...
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