Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 5W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... father , son , and grandson . - The first , MARCUS ANTONIUS G. , was grandson of Annius Severus , and was descended by the father's side from the famous family of the Gracchi . He was remarkable for his attachment to literary pursuits ...
... father , son , and grandson . - The first , MARCUS ANTONIUS G. , was grandson of Annius Severus , and was descended by the father's side from the famous family of the Gracchi . He was remarkable for his attachment to literary pursuits ...
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... father , and as eighth Marquis of Huntly in 1836 , marches , disposed rather to give nor take a foot of on the death of the last Duke of Gordon . ground wrongously . He was heard say he never drew sword in his own quarrel . In his youth ...
... father , and as eighth Marquis of Huntly in 1836 , marches , disposed rather to give nor take a foot of on the death of the last Duke of Gordon . ground wrongously . He was heard say he never drew sword in his own quarrel . In his youth ...
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... father had been executed for treason in 1584 , came to his majesty , and informed him that , on the previous evening , he had seized a person of a suspicious appearance , and evidently disguised , with a pot full of foreign gold hid ...
... father had been executed for treason in 1584 , came to his majesty , and informed him that , on the previous evening , he had seized a person of a suspicious appearance , and evidently disguised , with a pot full of foreign gold hid ...
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... father having died while he was yet very young ) . He first saw military service under his brother - in - law ... father's good faith and clemency was so fresh after forty years ' interval , that the Numantines would treat with no other ...
... father having died while he was yet very young ) . He first saw military service under his brother - in - law ... father's good faith and clemency was so fresh after forty years ' interval , that the Numantines would treat with no other ...
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... Fathers , and even from the Roman law . It is divided into three parts . The first regards the hierarchical ... father in his expedition against the Alemanni , in order that he might be accustomed to warfare . On the death of ...
... Fathers , and even from the Roman law . It is divided into three parts . The first regards the hierarchical ... father in his expedition against the Alemanni , in order that he might be accustomed to warfare . On the death of ...
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