The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 7G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... young warrior . Accordingly , four of his attendants having placed him in the middle , and interlaced the bridles of their horses , rushed with him into the thick- est of the enemy's ranks , and the blind king inter- changed a few ...
... young warrior . Accordingly , four of his attendants having placed him in the middle , and interlaced the bridles of their horses , rushed with him into the thick- est of the enemy's ranks , and the blind king inter- changed a few ...
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... young , endeavoured to alarm the courage of Crillon , by once pretending that the town in which he was asleep was besieged by the enemy . Crillon , awakened from his sleep by the noise , rushed out with his usual intrepi- dity , and ...
... young , endeavoured to alarm the courage of Crillon , by once pretending that the town in which he was asleep was besieged by the enemy . Crillon , awakened from his sleep by the noise , rushed out with his usual intrepi- dity , and ...
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... young man of fashion , who was much attached to her , but whom she treated with indifference . The lady , either to prove the strength of his passion , or perhaps to get rid of him , dropped one of her gloves upon the stage , and ...
... young man of fashion , who was much attached to her , but whom she treated with indifference . The lady , either to prove the strength of his passion , or perhaps to get rid of him , dropped one of her gloves upon the stage , and ...
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... young soldier had the temerity to offer himself . 66 " What means , " said the marshal , " wilt thou take to know whether it is masonry or the rock ? " " I shall know it very well , " he replied , ' by probing it from the window of the ...
... young soldier had the temerity to offer himself . 66 " What means , " said the marshal , " wilt thou take to know whether it is masonry or the rock ? " " I shall know it very well , " he replied , ' by probing it from the window of the ...
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... young man , with twelve hundred provincial troops , maintained the town in so gallant a manner , that Cromwell's temper , arts , and military strength , were fairly put to the test . Boetius M'Egan , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross ...
... young man , with twelve hundred provincial troops , maintained the town in so gallant a manner , that Cromwell's temper , arts , and military strength , were fairly put to the test . Boetius M'Egan , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross ...
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