The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... ordered to advance with a body of ten thousand chosen men , 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 ...
... ordered to advance with a body of ten thousand chosen men , 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 ...
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... ordered to advance with a body of ten thousand chosen men , 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 ...
... ordered to advance with a body of ten thousand chosen men , 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 ...
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... ordered to advance with a body of ten thousand chosen men , 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 ...
... ordered to advance with a body of ten thousand chosen men , 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 ...
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... ordered him to put on the robe called prætexta ; and with his head covered with a veil , one hand raised under his robe as high as his chin , and a javelin under his feet , he caused him to pronounce a few sentences , in which he ...
... ordered him to put on the robe called prætexta ; and with his head covered with a veil , one hand raised under his robe as high as his chin , and a javelin under his feet , he caused him to pronounce a few sentences , in which he ...
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... as this reproach . He ordered Flavius to be immediately put to death ; which he suffered with amazing intrepidity . When the executioner desired him to stretch out his neck valiantly 14 PERCY ANECDOTES . SUBRIUS FLAVIUS. ...
... as this reproach . He ordered Flavius to be immediately put to death ; which he suffered with amazing intrepidity . When the executioner desired him to stretch out his neck valiantly 14 PERCY ANECDOTES . SUBRIUS FLAVIUS. ...
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