Historical Tales: The Romance of RealityJ. B. Lippincott, 1902 - 322 páginas |
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... foe . An army was known All was not lost . to be marching to its relief . Forty years earlier Rome had fallen before Alaric , the Goth . The empire was now in the last stages of decrepitude . Yet by fortunate chance it had an able ...
... foe . An army was known All was not lost . to be marching to its relief . Forty years earlier Rome had fallen before Alaric , the Goth . The empire was now in the last stages of decrepitude . Yet by fortunate chance it had an able ...
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... foe wrought ruin upon the land . The siege of Orleans had begun by the time Etius was fairly ready to begin his march . In that seemingly doomed city all was terror and dismay . A speedy capture , a frightful massacre , or a no less ...
... foe wrought ruin upon the land . The siege of Orleans had begun by the time Etius was fairly ready to begin his march . In that seemingly doomed city all was terror and dismay . A speedy capture , a frightful massacre , or a no less ...
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... foe . And still the prayed - for relief came not . Hope seemed at an end . While such of the people as could not bear arms lay prostrate in prayer , Anianus , hopeful to the last , sent his messenger to the ramparts to look for the ...
... foe . And still the prayed - for relief came not . Hope seemed at an end . While such of the people as could not bear arms lay prostrate in prayer , Anianus , hopeful to the last , sent his messenger to the ramparts to look for the ...
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... Attila to save the city , it might have been already in flames . As it was , the savage foes were breaking into the houses in search of plunder , and dividing such citizens as they had seized 2 THE HUNS AT ORLEANS . 13.
... Attila to save the city , it might have been already in flames . As it was , the savage foes were breaking into the houses in search of plunder , and dividing such citizens as they had seized 2 THE HUNS AT ORLEANS . 13.
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... foe , Queen Fredegonde , she had her own nobles to fight against . They seem to have de- tested her from the fact ... foes , and proved her- self every inch a queen . It was a semblance of the Roman imperial monarchy which she wished ...
... foe , Queen Fredegonde , she had her own nobles to fight against . They seem to have de- tested her from the fact ... foes , and proved her- self every inch a queen . It was a semblance of the Roman imperial monarchy which she wished ...
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