The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... charged . The Fabii , believing themselves secure , seized the shepherds , and were preparing to drive away the cattle . The Hetrurians then quitted their skulking places , and fell upon the Romans on all sides , most of whom were ...
... charged . The Fabii , believing themselves secure , seized the shepherds , and were preparing to drive away the cattle . The Hetrurians then quitted their skulking places , and fell upon the Romans on all sides , most of whom were ...
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... charge , but glo- ried in it . Upon the emperor's asking him what provocation he had given him to plot his death ? " Because I abhorred thee , " said Flavius ; " though there was not in the whole army one more zealously attached to thee ...
... charge , but glo- ried in it . Upon the emperor's asking him what provocation he had given him to plot his death ? " Because I abhorred thee , " said Flavius ; " though there was not in the whole army one more zealously attached to thee ...
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... charged most furiously , man against man . Ten of the English were either killed or dangerously wounded , when the plan of battle was changed , and each party formed itself into a little squadron . The English commander was thrown down ...
... charged most furiously , man against man . Ten of the English were either killed or dangerously wounded , when the plan of battle was changed , and each party formed itself into a little squadron . The English commander was thrown down ...
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... charge you , by your courage tried , And as my knightly love you prize , To rest in peace - who moves , he dies . Now sound a summons to the fight , Douglas for Scotland and the right ! " The heart crowned and winged , is the ancient ...
... charge you , by your courage tried , And as my knightly love you prize , To rest in peace - who moves , he dies . Now sound a summons to the fight , Douglas for Scotland and the right ! " The heart crowned and winged , is the ancient ...
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... charged . He departed from Scotland accordingly with a splendid retinue ; landed at Valentia , and joined the Spanish king , who was with his army on the frontiers of Grenada . It hap- pened , soon after his arrival , that the King of ...
... charged . He departed from Scotland accordingly with a splendid retinue ; landed at Valentia , and joined the Spanish king , who was with his army on the frontiers of Grenada . It hap- pened , soon after his arrival , that the King of ...
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