Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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... army ; but they became hostile whenever the promises made them were violated ; and scarcely was Theodosius dead , and the empire divided , when the Visigoths , under Alaric , broke forth upon Italy , and Rome fell , in 410 , into the ...
... army ; but they became hostile whenever the promises made them were violated ; and scarcely was Theodosius dead , and the empire divided , when the Visigoths , under Alaric , broke forth upon Italy , and Rome fell , in 410 , into the ...
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... army , and his minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ; but he was discovered , and dragged na- ked through the streets , with his hands tied ...
... army , and his minister Primus was sent to destroy the imperial glutton . Vitellius concealed himself un- der the bed of the porter of his palace ; but he was discovered , and dragged na- ked through the streets , with his hands tied ...
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... army in Russia was made known to the French troops in Spain , with orders to send whatever forces could be spared to Germany . 30,000 troops set off immedi- ately for that country . Their departure , and Marmont's defeat in the year ...
... army in Russia was made known to the French troops in Spain , with orders to send whatever forces could be spared to Germany . 30,000 troops set off immedi- ately for that country . Their departure , and Marmont's defeat in the year ...
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... army , or undertakes a particular duty without being obliged so to do : thus officers not unfrequently take part in a campaign , as volunteers . When an enterprise of peculiar danger is to be undertaken , as the assault of a formidable ...
... army , or undertakes a particular duty without being obliged so to do : thus officers not unfrequently take part in a campaign , as volunteers . When an enterprise of peculiar danger is to be undertaken , as the assault of a formidable ...
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... army as a volunteer ; but as soon as peace was restored , he returned to paint- ing . From 1815 to 1817 , he studied in Paris , under David and Legros . The plastic character of his pieces , and his large masses of shade , show the ...
... army as a volunteer ; but as soon as peace was restored , he returned to paint- ing . From 1815 to 1817 , he studied in Paris , under David and Legros . The plastic character of his pieces , and his large masses of shade , show the ...
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