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... wall— Failure of the attack on the second - Their courage - Hardships from drought and heat — Relief — Religious feelings stirred up— Peter the Hermit before the walls - Completion of the batteries -Enthusiasm of the army - A breach is ...
... wall— Failure of the attack on the second - Their courage - Hardships from drought and heat — Relief — Religious feelings stirred up— Peter the Hermit before the walls - Completion of the batteries -Enthusiasm of the army - A breach is ...
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... wall , and covered over lest rain should fall on it , for the church is open to the sky . ' Another description ( A.D. 1211 ) says : ' The in- terior of the sepulchral chamber was covered on every side with white and polished marble ...
... wall , and covered over lest rain should fall on it , for the church is open to the sky . ' Another description ( A.D. 1211 ) says : ' The in- terior of the sepulchral chamber was covered on every side with white and polished marble ...
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... wall with which the city was surrounded . To a man of his vivid imagination , the sacred scenes would recall to him , as really as if he had witnessed them pass before his eyes , our Saviour's life . Mount Calvary , on which Adrian had ...
... wall with which the city was surrounded . To a man of his vivid imagination , the sacred scenes would recall to him , as really as if he had witnessed them pass before his eyes , our Saviour's life . Mount Calvary , on which Adrian had ...
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... walls of the pontifical city , and to plant the German Emperor's standard on its battlements , could not forgive himself for having borne arms against the Papal power . In vain had Henry IV . lavished on him honours and marks of his ...
... walls of the pontifical city , and to plant the German Emperor's standard on its battlements , could not forgive himself for having borne arms against the Papal power . In vain had Henry IV . lavished on him honours and marks of his ...
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... walls of Rome , he determined to join them , hoping to con- quer dominions in the East . landed in When the Count of Vermandois Apulia on his way to the Holy Land , Bohemond took a sudden resolution to join the Crusades . He had not ...
... walls of Rome , he determined to join them , hoping to con- quer dominions in the East . landed in When the Count of Vermandois Apulia on his way to the Holy Land , Bohemond took a sudden resolution to join the Crusades . He had not ...
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