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... raised to the rank of lieutenant - colonel , accepting the " unattached " about the same time , and in 1854 to that of * See Mitchell's ' Fall of Napoleon , ' vol . iii . p . 22 . major general . During the long period of peace after ...
... raised to the rank of lieutenant - colonel , accepting the " unattached " about the same time , and in 1854 to that of * See Mitchell's ' Fall of Napoleon , ' vol . iii . p . 22 . major general . During the long period of peace after ...
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... destroying the rampart , and would soon be forced to raise the siege by the rapid approach of winter . The result of this harangue proved how much one bold spirit may , at times , effect in war . Sfetigrad refused to yield SCANDERBEG . 23.
... destroying the rampart , and would soon be forced to raise the siege by the rapid approach of winter . The result of this harangue proved how much one bold spirit may , at times , effect in war . Sfetigrad refused to yield SCANDERBEG . 23.
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... raise the siege , leaving , however , 3000 men to blockade the place . The garrisons of the captured fortresses having been collected in Macedonia , and reinforced by some additional troops , again prepared to invade Albania and avenge ...
... raise the siege , leaving , however , 3000 men to blockade the place . The garrisons of the captured fortresses having been collected in Macedonia , and reinforced by some additional troops , again prepared to invade Albania and avenge ...
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... raise an army , and advance to the relief of their friends . But fortune did not smile upon them ; they were defeated in a general action , which again left the beleaguered town to its fate . It was equally vain that Mustapha Pasha of ...
... raise an army , and advance to the relief of their friends . But fortune did not smile upon them ; they were defeated in a general action , which again left the beleaguered town to its fate . It was equally vain that Mustapha Pasha of ...
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... raised , and defeated the garrisons . He in- stantly countermarched , therefore , reduced Scodra , punished the people , and laid waste the country ; and the Venetians , observing that nothing was to be gained against so able and active ...
... raised , and defeated the garrisons . He in- stantly countermarched , therefore , reduced Scodra , punished the people , and laid waste the country ; and the Venetians , observing that nothing was to be gained against so able and active ...
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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.