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... King had the courage and magnanimity to refuse ; and finally , on the 19th of February , the whole French army retired ( not with- out much molestation and loss ) into their cantonments in front of the Vistula . The battle of Eylau was ...
... King had the courage and magnanimity to refuse ; and finally , on the 19th of February , the whole French army retired ( not with- out much molestation and loss ) into their cantonments in front of the Vistula . The battle of Eylau was ...
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... king was at Seville , offered , within a circle to be drawn by a stick in the dust of the arena , to kill the bull kneeling . The humanity of the King would not suffer such rashness , and he observed , the man must be mad to propose it ...
... king was at Seville , offered , within a circle to be drawn by a stick in the dust of the arena , to kill the bull kneeling . The humanity of the King would not suffer such rashness , and he observed , the man must be mad to propose it ...
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... King of that coun- try received Mr. Salt , the British Agent , with particular respect and distinction and the few but well- " selected presents delivered by the lat- ter , produced a very favourable dis- position in the personage on ...
... King of that coun- try received Mr. Salt , the British Agent , with particular respect and distinction and the few but well- " selected presents delivered by the lat- ter , produced a very favourable dis- position in the personage on ...
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... king , took it in 467 , and his soldiers , in revenge for its resistance , de- stroyed it . It was again sacked by the Moors , who besieged it in 714 , and put all the inhabitants to the sword . Louis d'A- quitaine drove out the Moors ...
... king , took it in 467 , and his soldiers , in revenge for its resistance , de- stroyed it . It was again sacked by the Moors , who besieged it in 714 , and put all the inhabitants to the sword . Louis d'A- quitaine drove out the Moors ...
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... King of Aragon , with an infanta of Castile . That of 1240 threatened the archbishop of Toledo with excommunication ... king's lieutenant , a major , a garrison of fifty men , an alcalde major for the administration of justice , a ...
... King of Aragon , with an infanta of Castile . That of 1240 threatened the archbishop of Toledo with excommunication ... king's lieutenant , a major , a garrison of fifty men , an alcalde major for the administration of justice , a ...
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