The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... took seven , and set fire to several more . On this 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 ...
... took seven , and set fire to several more . On this 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 ...
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... took their camp , and obtained a complete victory . The courage of devoting themselves for the pre- servation of their country became a kind of domestic and hereditary virtue in the family of the Decii . The father gives us an example ...
... took their camp , and obtained a complete victory . The courage of devoting themselves for the pre- servation of their country became a kind of domestic and hereditary virtue in the family of the Decii . The father gives us an example ...
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... took him prisoner , together with four noblemen who endeavoured to rescue him . DEATH OF RICHARD CŒUR DE LION . Richard Cœur de Lion , having invested the castle of Chalus , was shot in the shoulder with an arrow ; Ber- an unskilful ...
... took him prisoner , together with four noblemen who endeavoured to rescue him . DEATH OF RICHARD CŒUR DE LION . Richard Cœur de Lion , having invested the castle of Chalus , was shot in the shoulder with an arrow ; Ber- an unskilful ...
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... took Calais from the French , he entrusted the government of it to Aimeri di Pavia , an Italian , by whom he had been educated . This man had agreed for a secret sum to restore it , and Geoffry de Charny , the governor of St. Omer , was ...
... took Calais from the French , he entrusted the government of it to Aimeri di Pavia , an Italian , by whom he had been educated . This man had agreed for a secret sum to restore it , and Geoffry de Charny , the governor of St. Omer , was ...
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... took the city of Limoges by storm , he ve up the inhabitants to slaughter , until , proceeding farther into the town , he perceived three French gentlemen , who with incre- dible courage were alone sustaining the shock of his victorious ...
... took the city of Limoges by storm , he ve up the inhabitants to slaughter , until , proceeding farther into the town , he perceived three French gentlemen , who with incre- dible courage were alone sustaining the shock of his victorious ...
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