Historical Tales: The Romance of RealityJ. B. Lippincott, 1902 - 322 páginas |
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... ready and alert in mind . The man had been born for a conqueror , and Europe was his prey . The Scythians adored the god of war , whom they worshipped under the shape of an iron cimeter . It was through the aid of this superstition that ...
... ready and alert in mind . The man had been born for a conqueror , and Europe was his prey . The Scythians adored the god of war , whom they worshipped under the shape of an iron cimeter . It was through the aid of this superstition that ...
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... 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 frightful enslavement to the savage Huns , was the dread of the trembling inhabitants . They had ...
... 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 frightful enslavement to the savage Huns , was the dread of the trembling inhabitants . They had ...
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... ready to give way to the despair which possessed so many of the citizens . The Huns advanced point by point . They were already in the suburbs . The walls were shaking beneath the blows of their battering - rams . The city could not ...
... ready to give way to the despair which possessed so many of the citizens . The Huns advanced point by point . They were already in the suburbs . The walls were shaking beneath the blows of their battering - rams . The city could not ...
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... ready than he deemed . The story of his promise and the victory that followed it had , doubtless , strongly influenced them . Before he could speak , most of those present cried out , — " We abjure the mortal gods ; we are ready to ...
... ready than he deemed . The story of his promise and the victory that followed it had , doubtless , strongly influenced them . Before he could speak , most of those present cried out , — " We abjure the mortal gods ; we are ready to ...
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... ready to marry a peas- ant . He chose for his second wife Galsuinthe , daughter of the king of the Visigoths . This mar- riage lasted a still shorter time than the other . Gal- suinthe was found strangled in her bed ; and now , longer ...
... ready to marry a peas- ant . He chose for his second wife Galsuinthe , daughter of the king of the Visigoths . This mar- riage lasted a still shorter time than the other . Gal- suinthe was found strangled in her bed ; and now , longer ...
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