Universal History, ancient and modern; from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1801, Band 7 |
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... escaped the general carnage , once more put himself at the head of another army , resolving to try the fortune of the field ; but his death prevented the design . As he died by a very extraordinary kind of madness , the Christians , of ...
... escaped the general carnage , once more put himself at the head of another army , resolving to try the fortune of the field ; but his death prevented the design . As he died by a very extraordinary kind of madness , the Christians , of ...
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... - tegrity of the empire . A German monarch was very nearly trapanned by the emperor himself , and only escaped the snare that was aid for him by a precipitate flight . The The Saxons , less fortunate , after beating one of 38 ROME .
... - tegrity of the empire . A German monarch was very nearly trapanned by the emperor himself , and only escaped the snare that was aid for him by a precipitate flight . The The Saxons , less fortunate , after beating one of 38 ROME .
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... escaping in a boat . With all the superstitious prejudices of a little mind , the attention of Valens was equally di- rected to divines , to sorcerers and astrologers , deliverers of oracles , fortune - tellers , and the de- ceivers and ...
... escaping in a boat . With all the superstitious prejudices of a little mind , the attention of Valens was equally di- rected to divines , to sorcerers and astrologers , deliverers of oracles , fortune - tellers , and the de- ceivers and ...
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... escaped into the woods and mountains . 387 . The emperor pursued the enemy into their own country , and compelled them to sue for peace . Gratian , though then only nineteen years of age , gave such an earnest of courage and conduct ...
... escaped into the woods and mountains . 387 . The emperor pursued the enemy into their own country , and compelled them to sue for peace . Gratian , though then only nineteen years of age , gave such an earnest of courage and conduct ...
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... escaped from a window , alone survived to inform the barbarians of the inestimable prize they had lost by their rash conflagration . In this unfortunate battle , besides the empe ror , two generals , two great officers of the palace ...
... escaped from a window , alone survived to inform the barbarians of the inestimable prize they had lost by their rash conflagration . In this unfortunate battle , besides the empe ror , two generals , two great officers of the palace ...
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