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... heads still bent , and did not remove their fetters till they had got out of the sacred grove . Then they proudly raised their heads and walked away free and bold as they had come . Woden's wife was Frea ( or Frouwa ) , the gentle ...
... heads still bent , and did not remove their fetters till they had got out of the sacred grove . Then they proudly raised their heads and walked away free and bold as they had come . Woden's wife was Frea ( or Frouwa ) , the gentle ...
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... head against the wall , and cried again and again , — “ Varus , Varus , give me back my legions ! " All Rome was in a state of consternation , and everyone expected that the terrible German army would march down upon Italy as the Cimbri ...
... head against the wall , and cried again and again , — “ Varus , Varus , give me back my legions ! " All Rome was in a state of consternation , and everyone expected that the terrible German army would march down upon Italy as the Cimbri ...
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... head after the battle of Teutoberg , but he would not take the hint , and sent the head to the Emperor Augustus . That he might reign as king , he now sided with the despot Tiberius . But two powerful Suevian tribes - the Longobardi and ...
... head after the battle of Teutoberg , but he would not take the hint , and sent the head to the Emperor Augustus . That he might reign as king , he now sided with the despot Tiberius . But two powerful Suevian tribes - the Longobardi and ...
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... head of the league . They accordingly stirred up the people and the chiefs against Civilis , and deceived them with wily speeches till the Batavians began to waver in their fidelity and loyalty to Civilis . The hero , deserted by his ...
... head of the league . They accordingly stirred up the people and the chiefs against Civilis , and deceived them with wily speeches till the Batavians began to waver in their fidelity and loyalty to Civilis . The hero , deserted by his ...
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... head . He made a journey to Greece simply in order to gain the prize at the games , and obtained it from the servile , degraded Greeks . Nero brought back with him from Greece no fewer than He eighteen hundred crowns which had been ...
... head . He made a journey to Greece simply in order to gain the prize at the games , and obtained it from the servile , degraded Greeks . Nero brought back with him from Greece no fewer than He eighteen hundred crowns which had been ...
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Alaric Alboin Alemanni Alfred Anscharius Arabs arms army attacked Attila Autharis battle Bavaria became Belisarius bishops Book brave brother brought called castle Charlemagne Cherusci Christian church cloth Clovis Conrad courage court crossed crown crusade Danes death Duke elected emperor empire enemy faithful father fell fight fought Frankish Franks Frederick friends G. A. HENTY gave German Gothic Goths Gregory hand head heard heart heathen Henry Henry's Hermann hero Hohenstaufens holy Holy Lance honour horse Hungarians Illustrations imperial Italy Jerusalem Kaaba king kingdom knights Koreish land length Lombards Lothaire Louis Mahomet marched Mayence Milan monastery noble Odoacer once Ostrogoths Otho Pachomius peace Pepin pious Pope priest princes prisoner received reign returned Rhine Roland Romans Rome Rudolph Saint Saxons sent shield Siegfried soldiers soon Stories Suabia sword Theodoric thousand threw throne Thuringia took Totila town tribes troops victory Visigoths whole young youth
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