Biographies of Eminent Soldiers of the Last Four CenturiesW. Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 355 páginas |
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... de- rived the name of Zisca , or the one - eyed , from this mis- fortune . Zisca is a name not unusual in Bohemia , but means in no language one - eyed . A Though married at an early age , Zisca seems to ZISCA THE HUSSITE,
... de- rived the name of Zisca , or the one - eyed , from this mis- fortune . Zisca is a name not unusual in Bohemia , but means in no language one - eyed . A Though married at an early age , Zisca seems to ZISCA THE HUSSITE,
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... means of concealment also . It is not therefore surprising that open adversaries of the Church of Rome should have appeared in the country before Huss , and the time of which we are speak- ing . The most distinguished of these were ...
... means of concealment also . It is not therefore surprising that open adversaries of the Church of Rome should have appeared in the country before Huss , and the time of which we are speak- ing . The most distinguished of these were ...
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... means , is said to have signed as a jest : if it was so , the King , though he might know his chamberlain's want of fortune , knew not what a mind of such power , vigour , and daring was capable of effecting . Treated leniently , almost ...
... means , is said to have signed as a jest : if it was so , the King , though he might know his chamberlain's want of fortune , knew not what a mind of such power , vigour , and daring was capable of effecting . Treated leniently , almost ...
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... means roused their displeasure , was instantly slain , and his blood - streaming head placed on the point of a lance . As they afterwards passed the Senate - House , a stone thrown at them unfortunately struck the bearer of the chalice ...
... means roused their displeasure , was instantly slain , and his blood - streaming head placed on the point of a lance . As they afterwards passed the Senate - House , a stone thrown at them unfortunately struck the bearer of the chalice ...
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... means were not , however , considerable , and as he was unsuccessful in his first and only military undertaking , an attack on the Castle of Carlstein , he declined rapidly in public favour , and was soon totally neglected by the ...
... means were not , however , considerable , and as he was unsuccessful in his first and only military undertaking , an attack on the Castle of Carlstein , he declined rapidly in public favour , and was soon totally neglected by the ...
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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.