The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... presenting the point of has sword , threatened to kill him on the spot if he did not instantly surrender . He , however , refused to give himself up to any but the Earl of Gloucester , ( the brother of the empress ) who , being near the ...
... presenting the point of has sword , threatened to kill him on the spot if he did not instantly surrender . He , however , refused to give himself up to any but the Earl of Gloucester , ( the brother of the empress ) who , being near the ...
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... presented with one hun- dred shillings , and set at liberty ; but Maccardec , one of the king's friends , like a true ruffian , ordered him to be flayed alive . EUSTACHE DE RIBAUMONT . When Edward III . took Calais from the French , he ...
... presented with one hun- dred shillings , and set at liberty ; but Maccardec , one of the king's friends , like a true ruffian , ordered him to be flayed alive . EUSTACHE DE RIBAUMONT . When Edward III . took Calais from the French , he ...
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... presented him with a circle of pearls , which he wore upon his own head , and put it upon that of the knight , bidding him wear it as a mark of his courage . BLIND KING OF BOHEMIA . When John de Luxemburg , the blind King of Bohemia ...
... presented him with a circle of pearls , which he wore upon his own head , and put it upon that of the knight , bidding him wear it as a mark of his courage . BLIND KING OF BOHEMIA . When John de Luxemburg , the blind King of Bohemia ...
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... presented themselves before Gonsalvo in order of hattle to demand their pay . One of the boldest of them urged the matter so far , as to level at him the point of his halbert . The general , not in the least dismayed , or even seeming ...
... presented themselves before Gonsalvo in order of hattle to demand their pay . One of the boldest of them urged the matter so far , as to level at him the point of his halbert . The general , not in the least dismayed , or even seeming ...
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... presented to Antony . " How would you , " said Antony , " that I should deal with you ? " " Instantly , " said Mævius , " take away my life , for neither by saving it , nor by the punishment of any kind of death , can I ever be brought ...
... presented to Antony . " How would you , " said Antony , " that I should deal with you ? " " Instantly , " said Mævius , " take away my life , for neither by saving it , nor by the punishment of any kind of death , can I ever be brought ...
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