The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... called , by way of supreme distinction , the Immortals ; but when these came to a close with the Greeks they succeeded no better than the Medes and Cissians , being obliged to retire with great slaughter . The next day , the Persians ...
... called , by way of supreme distinction , the Immortals ; but when these came to a close with the Greeks they succeeded no better than the Medes and Cissians , being obliged to retire with great slaughter . The next day , the Persians ...
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... called , by way of supreme distinction , the Immortals ; but when these came to a close with the Greeks they succeeded no better than the Medes and Cissians , being obliged to retire with great slaughter . The next day , the Persians ...
... called , by way of supreme distinction , the Immortals ; but when these came to a close with the Greeks they succeeded no better than the Medes and Cissians , being obliged to retire with great slaughter . The next day , the Persians ...
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... called , by way of supreme distinction , the Immortals ; but when these came to a close with the Greeks they succeeded no better than the Medes and Cissians , being obliged to retire with great slaughter . The next day , the Persians ...
... called , by way of supreme distinction , the Immortals ; but when these came to a close with the Greeks they succeeded no better than the Medes and Cissians , being obliged to retire with great slaughter . The next day , the Persians ...
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... called nefasti , on which the tribunals were shut up , and no public affair could be negociated , or at least concluded . The memory of these public - spirited " patricians , who had so generously sacrificed their lives HEROISM . 11.
... called nefasti , on which the tribunals were shut up , and no public affair could be negociated , or at least concluded . The memory of these public - spirited " patricians , who had so generously sacrificed their lives HEROISM . 11.
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... called out to the pontiff , Valerius , " We have occasion here for the assistance of the gods . Lend me the aid of your office , and repeat the words I am to pronounce in devoting myself for the army . " The pontiff ordered him to put ...
... called out to the pontiff , Valerius , " We have occasion here for the assistance of the gods . Lend me the aid of your office , and repeat the words I am to pronounce in devoting myself for the army . " The pontiff ordered him to put ...
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