The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... occasion , imported that the Greeks of Peloponnesus , to the number of only four thousand men , had there made head against three millions of Persians ! The other inscription related particularly to the three hundred Spartans , and was ...
... occasion , imported that the Greeks of Peloponnesus , to the number of only four thousand men , had there made head against three millions of Persians ! The other inscription related particularly to the three hundred Spartans , and was ...
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... occasion , one Cynegirus , an Athenian , after performing prodi- gies of valour in the field , endeavoured to prevent a particular galley from putting to sea , and for that purpose held it fast with his right hand ; when his right hand ...
... occasion , one Cynegirus , an Athenian , after performing prodi- gies of valour in the field , endeavoured to prevent a particular galley from putting to sea , and for that purpose held it fast with his right hand ; when his right hand ...
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... 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 on the robe called prætexta ; and with his head ...
... 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 on the robe called prætexta ; and with his head ...
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... occasion for our artillery . " This confidence of the general passed to the soldiers ; they rushed to the contest , and gained a complete victory . The · The same general commanded the Spanish army in the kingdom of Naples in the year ...
... occasion for our artillery . " This confidence of the general passed to the soldiers ; they rushed to the contest , and gained a complete victory . The · The same general commanded the Spanish army in the kingdom of Naples in the year ...
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... occasions , he and all his company stuck their spurs into their horses , until they were in the midst of the King of Grenada's battalions , and made a furious attack on the Saracens . They fled , and Douglas , with his companions ...
... occasions , he and all his company stuck their spurs into their horses , until they were in the midst of the King of Grenada's battalions , and made a furious attack on the Saracens . They fled , and Douglas , with his companions ...
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