Historical Tales: The Romance of RealityJ. B. Lippincott, 1902 - 322 páginas |
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... courts and prisons . Men were apt to interpret law and admin- ister punishment for themselves . Culprits were hung , thrashed , or set at liberty . Aurelian weighed the offence and decided on the just measure of retri- bution . The ...
... courts and prisons . Men were apt to interpret law and admin- ister punishment for themselves . Culprits were hung , thrashed , or set at liberty . Aurelian weighed the offence and decided on the just measure of retri- bution . The ...
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... court of the king , really cold with fear at the near approach of the shrewd Aridius , whose counsel she greatly dreaded . Her nervous haste expedited mat- ters . Gondebaud formally transferred her to the Franks , with valuable gifts ...
... court of the king , really cold with fear at the near approach of the shrewd Aridius , whose counsel she greatly dreaded . Her nervous haste expedited mat- ters . Gondebaud formally transferred her to the Franks , with valuable gifts ...
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... court before Aridius reached it . Gonde- baud , who had unbounded respect for and confidence in him , received him joyfully , and said , after their first greetings , — " I have just completed a good stroke of policy . I have made ...
... court before Aridius reached it . Gonde- baud , who had unbounded respect for and confidence in him , received him joyfully , and said , after their first greetings , — " I have just completed a good stroke of policy . I have made ...
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... court . The queen was in her way ; but no long time passed before , on the pretext of a spiritual relationship with her husband which rendered the marriage illegal , the hapless Andovere was repudiated and banished to a convent . But ...
... court . The queen was in her way ; but no long time passed before , on the pretext of a spiritual relationship with her husband which rendered the marriage illegal , the hapless Andovere was repudiated and banished to a convent . But ...
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... court of Chilperic , and the ambitious Fredegonde hastened to turn it to her advantage . Merovée was heir to the throne of Chilperic . He was in her way , and had now given ber a pretext for his removal . Chilperic , who seems to have ...
... court of Chilperic , and the ambitious Fredegonde hastened to turn it to her advantage . Merovée was heir to the throne of Chilperic . He was in her way , and had now given ber a pretext for his removal . Chilperic , who seems to have ...
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