Biographies of Eminent Soldiers of the Last Four CenturiesW. Blackwood and Sons, 1865 - 355 páginas |
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... taken a firm hold on his stern and gloomy mind ; and private wrongs augmented , it is said , the deadly hatred he entertained against the Catholic clergy . The story goes , that a monk had seduced his sister , who was a nun , and had ...
... taken a firm hold on his stern and gloomy mind ; and private wrongs augmented , it is said , the deadly hatred he entertained against the Catholic clergy . The story goes , that a monk had seduced his sister , who was a nun , and had ...
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... taken , Zisca , whose time had now arrived , appeared among them . " Your weakness , " he said , " surprises me . I know the King better than you do . Arm yourselves , and carry your arms to the Wisserhad . The King will be very glad to ...
... taken , Zisca , whose time had now arrived , appeared among them . " Your weakness , " he said , " surprises me . I know the King better than you do . Arm yourselves , and carry your arms to the Wisserhad . The King will be very glad to ...
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... taken in the construction of this post had been . A royalist army having laid siege to Pilsen , and Zisca not thinking himself strong enough to defend the place , he consented to withdraw his troops on condition of being allowed a free ...
... taken in the construction of this post had been . A royalist army having laid siege to Pilsen , and Zisca not thinking himself strong enough to defend the place , he consented to withdraw his troops on condition of being allowed a free ...
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... taken up and buried beneath the gibbet . The loss , after the battle of Prague , of so many valuable documents respecting himself and his time , has , however , been far more injurious to the memory of Zisca than the little - minded act ...
... taken up and buried beneath the gibbet . The loss , after the battle of Prague , of so many valuable documents respecting himself and his time , has , however , been far more injurious to the memory of Zisca than the little - minded act ...
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... taken , and detained in prison , notwithstanding the large sum offered for his ransom . The ill - success of his arms on the side of Albania and the higher objects he had in view , induced Sultan Ma- homet to grant a peace to Scanderbeg ...
... taken , and detained in prison , notwithstanding the large sum offered for his ransom . The ill - success of his arms on the side of Albania and the higher objects he had in view , induced Sultan Ma- homet to grant a peace to Scanderbeg ...
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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.