Eccentric biography; or, Sketches of remarkable characters, ancient and modernVernor & Hood, 1801 - 348 pages |
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... gave Antony the government of Italy , with the command over the legions there , in which post he acquired the esteem of his sol- diery . Cæsar afterwards appointed him mas- ter of the horse , for his conduct at the battle of Pharsalia ...
... gave Antony the government of Italy , with the command over the legions there , in which post he acquired the esteem of his sol- diery . Cæsar afterwards appointed him mas- ter of the horse , for his conduct at the battle of Pharsalia ...
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... gave him great offence . On the death of Plato , he quitted Athens , and went to the court of Hermias at Atarna , in Mysia , where he marrid Pythias , that prince's sister , whom , he is said to have loved so passionately , that he ...
... gave him great offence . On the death of Plato , he quitted Athens , and went to the court of Hermias at Atarna , in Mysia , where he marrid Pythias , that prince's sister , whom , he is said to have loved so passionately , that he ...
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... gave so minute a description of the composition of gunpowder , that it is evi- dent he was the original inventor of it ; it was , in his time , before the application of it to mi- litary uses , denominated thunder and lightning . His ...
... gave so minute a description of the composition of gunpowder , that it is evi- dent he was the original inventor of it ; it was , in his time , before the application of it to mi- litary uses , denominated thunder and lightning . His ...
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... gave judgment against him , " That he should be fined 40,0001 . and remain prisoner in the Tower during the king's pleasure : that he should for ever be inca- pable of any place , or employment in the state or commonwealth ; and that he ...
... gave judgment against him , " That he should be fined 40,0001 . and remain prisoner in the Tower during the king's pleasure : that he should for ever be inca- pable of any place , or employment in the state or commonwealth ; and that he ...
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... presence , where he confessed that he once formed a de- sign against his life , but the sight of his ma- jesty awed him from the execution of it . The king pardoned him , and gave him an estate of 1 king 38 BLOOD . Blood Thomas.
... presence , where he confessed that he once formed a de- sign against his life , but the sight of his ma- jesty awed him from the execution of it . The king pardoned him , and gave him an estate of 1 king 38 BLOOD . Blood Thomas.
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