Historical Parallels, Volume 1C. Knight, 1831 |
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... victory ever easy , and almost bloodless . The booty was shared equally , the master receiving no larger portion than a common rower . Those Christians whom they found enslaved in the captured vessels , * Bartholinus , ii . 5 . C they ...
... victory ever easy , and almost bloodless . The booty was shared equally , the master receiving no larger portion than a common rower . Those Christians whom they found enslaved in the captured vessels , * Bartholinus , ii . 5 . C they ...
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... victory . Nine warriors of tried valour offered to Helgo , king of Norway , the alternative of doing battle singly He had the advantage over Hercules here ; see the Alcestes , v . 763 , ed . Monk . against the nine , or losing his bride ...
... victory . Nine warriors of tried valour offered to Helgo , king of Norway , the alternative of doing battle singly He had the advantage over Hercules here ; see the Alcestes , v . 763 , ed . Monk . against the nine , or losing his bride ...
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... victory . Aristomenes is said to have performed deeds beyond human prowess , and was rewarded by his grateful countrymen with a summons to the vacant throne . He declined the dignity , but accepted of the power under the title of ...
... victory . Aristomenes is said to have performed deeds beyond human prowess , and was rewarded by his grateful countrymen with a summons to the vacant throne . He declined the dignity , but accepted of the power under the title of ...
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... victory . Aristomenes is said to have performed deeds beyond human prowess , and was rewarded by his grateful countrymen with a summons to the vacant throne . He declined the dignity , but accepted of the power under the title of ...
... victory . Aristomenes is said to have performed deeds beyond human prowess , and was rewarded by his grateful countrymen with a summons to the vacant throne . He declined the dignity , but accepted of the power under the title of ...
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... victory the call of mercy was unheeded . And in fur- ther extenuation , we may add , that to control the ex- cesses of his followers does not seem always to have been in the power even when it was in the wish of their chief ; and that ...
... victory the call of mercy was unheeded . And in fur- ther extenuation , we may add , that to control the ex- cesses of his followers does not seem always to have been in the power even when it was in the wish of their chief ; and that ...
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Adeimantus admirall advantage Aristomenes armour arms army Athenians Athens attack Attica battle Boeotia brother Caligula called Cambyses cause charge command countrymen Crassus Croesus Darius death deserted Duke of Parma Eleusis emperor empire enemy English Eurybiades evil favour fear fell fight fire fleet force fortune fought gave Grecian Greece Greeks grete ground hand head heard hero Herodotus honour horse king Lacedæmonians land Leonidas lord Lynsay Mardonius master Mede Messenians Miltiades moche never night noble oracle Parthians passage passed Pausanias Peloponnesians Peloponnesus perished Persian person pinnace Pisistratus possession prince prisoners Publius Crassus ranks remained replied retreat returned Rolland Roman royal Salamis sarasyns sayd Scythians sent shewed shippes ships slain Smerdis soldiers Spaniards Spanish Spartan spirit sword Themistocles Thessaly thou thought throne took town triremes troops unto valour vessels victory whan whole whych wounded wyth Xerxes