Historical Tales: The Romance of RealityJ. B. Lippincott, 1902 - 322 páginas |
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... given way before the thun- dering blows of the battering - rams . A breach had been made through which the Huns were swarming . Only for the desire of Attila to save the city , it might have been already in flames . As it was , the ...
... given way before the thun- dering blows of the battering - rams . A breach had been made through which the Huns were swarming . Only for the desire of Attila to save the city , it might have been already in flames . As it was , the ...
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... given my niece Clotilde to Clovis in marriage . " " You have ? " exclaimed Aridius , in surprise and alarm . " And you deem this a bond of friendship ? To my poor wit , Gondebaud , it is a pledge of per- petual strife Have you forgotten ...
... given my niece Clotilde to Clovis in marriage . " " You have ? " exclaimed Aridius , in surprise and alarm . " And you deem this a bond of friendship ? To my poor wit , Gondebaud , it is a pledge of per- petual strife Have you forgotten ...
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... 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 been the weak slave 30 HISTORICAL TALES .
... 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 been the weak slave 30 HISTORICAL TALES .
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... given me riches , and ye see here a portion thereof ; but there is here nought of the public treasure . ' " And the king was deceived into believing her words . Such was the multitude of golden and silver articles and other precious ...
... given me riches , and ye see here a portion thereof ; but there is here nought of the public treasure . ' " And the king was deceived into believing her words . Such was the multitude of golden and silver articles and other precious ...
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... hero was Roland , the nephew of the great emperor Charlemagne , who has been given by romantic fiction the first place among the legendary Paladins of France , and made memo- rable in epic poetry as the hero of the celebrated 39.
... hero was Roland , the nephew of the great emperor Charlemagne , who has been given by romantic fiction the first place among the legendary Paladins of France , and made memo- rable in epic poetry as the hero of the celebrated 39.
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