Biographies of Eminent Soldiers of the Last Four CenturiesW. Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 355 páginas |
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... gained the Sultan's friendship for the young Epirot , who , at a very early age , obtained the command of a body of 500 horse , with which he greatly distinguished himself . It also happened , if we believe the chronicles of the times ...
... gained the Sultan's friendship for the young Epirot , who , at a very early age , obtained the command of a body of 500 horse , with which he greatly distinguished himself . It also happened , if we believe the chronicles of the times ...
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... gained against so able and active an adversary , proposed terms which led to a peace satisfactory to both parties . Scanderbeg became an adopted citizen of Venice , was named commander of all the Venetian troops in Albania , and both ...
... gained against so able and active an adversary , proposed terms which led to a peace satisfactory to both parties . Scanderbeg became an adopted citizen of Venice , was named commander of all the Venetian troops in Albania , and both ...
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... gained was only , however , for the winter , and with the return of spring the Sultan again took the field . Operations were commenced by the siege of Croia , and the attack carried on with all the vigour that distinguished the military ...
... gained was only , however , for the winter , and with the return of spring the Sultan again took the field . Operations were commenced by the siege of Croia , and the attack carried on with all the vigour that distinguished the military ...
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... gained the admiration of his very enemies ; and when he escaped , it was not to conceal himself , but to conquer a kingdom , the inheritance of his fathers . At the head of the Albanians , he was for twenty - four years the terror of ...
... gained the admiration of his very enemies ; and when he escaped , it was not to conceal himself , but to conquer a kingdom , the inheritance of his fathers . At the head of the Albanians , he was for twenty - four years the terror of ...
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... gained the principal prizes himself , but immediately bestowed them on the next successful champions . The time for jousts and games was now , however , at an end , and Charles VIII . having declared war against Naples , the Count de ...
... gained the principal prizes himself , but immediately bestowed them on the next successful champions . The time for jousts and games was now , however , at an end , and Charles VIII . having declared war against Naples , the Count de ...
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Biographies of Eminent Soldiers of the Last Four Centuries John Mitchell,Leonhard Schmitz Visualização integral - 1865 |
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 358 - MACKENZIE. Studies in Roman Law. With Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England, and Scotland. By LORD MACKENZIE, one of the Judges of the Court of Session in Scotland.
Página 357 - OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, From the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.
Página 359 - Burton.— The History of Scotland, from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection (1689—1748).
Página 231 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.