The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... master of Rome , and expelled his enemies , he summoned the senate to meet , and , coming with an armed force , demanded that C. Marius should immediately be declared an enemy to the people of Rome ; and yet there was none found in that ...
... master of Rome , and expelled his enemies , he summoned the senate to meet , and , coming with an armed force , demanded that C. Marius should immediately be declared an enemy to the people of Rome ; and yet there was none found in that ...
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... master believe that I am ignorant of the tacit , but sacred , convention between the people and their sovereigns , by which the master is bound to render happy the servant who obeys ? It is the emperor who has first violated this treaty ...
... master believe that I am ignorant of the tacit , but sacred , convention between the people and their sovereigns , by which the master is bound to render happy the servant who obeys ? It is the emperor who has first violated this treaty ...
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... master of the field . " FEMALE PATRIOT . When Charles the Twelfth invaded Norway , in the year 1716 , the main body of his army advanced towards Christiana , whence a detachment was sent to destroy the silver works at Konsberg . On this ...
... master of the field . " FEMALE PATRIOT . When Charles the Twelfth invaded Norway , in the year 1716 , the main body of his army advanced towards Christiana , whence a detachment was sent to destroy the silver works at Konsberg . On this ...
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... master of the artillery . On the fifth day , having lost ten of their comrades , they demanded to capitulate . An honour- able capitulation was granted to them , with permission to go where they chose . As soon as the capitulation was ...
... master of the artillery . On the fifth day , having lost ten of their comrades , they demanded to capitulate . An honour- able capitulation was granted to them , with permission to go where they chose . As soon as the capitulation was ...
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... masters of the inner wall , they would kill all the women and children , set fire to the galleys , cast the gold and silver into the sea , and then seek death for themselves on the spears of the enemy , that not one of all the people of ...
... masters of the inner wall , they would kill all the women and children , set fire to the galleys , cast the gold and silver into the sea , and then seek death for themselves on the spears of the enemy , that not one of all the people of ...
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