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... Charles the Fifth of Germany . Peter the Great . Charles the Twelfth of Sweden . The Pyramids of Cheops . The Sphinx . Statue of Memnon . Ruins of Petra . The Parthenon . The Olympian Jupiter . The Great Wall of China . Temple of Ajmeer ...
... Charles the Fifth of Germany . Peter the Great . Charles the Twelfth of Sweden . The Pyramids of Cheops . The Sphinx . Statue of Memnon . Ruins of Petra . The Parthenon . The Olympian Jupiter . The Great Wall of China . Temple of Ajmeer ...
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... Charles and Karlomann . On the death of the latter , which took place about three years after , his brother , known in history as Charlemagne , or Charles the Great , assumed the sole monarchy ; and is justly celebrated not only for the ...
... Charles and Karlomann . On the death of the latter , which took place about three years after , his brother , known in history as Charlemagne , or Charles the Great , assumed the sole monarchy ; and is justly celebrated not only for the ...
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... Charles , perhaps repenting the merciless severity of which he had been guilty , and perceiving the uselessness of it , sought , by milder means , to win their submission . He even persuaded them to receive the Christian religion ...
... Charles , perhaps repenting the merciless severity of which he had been guilty , and perceiving the uselessness of it , sought , by milder means , to win their submission . He even persuaded them to receive the Christian religion ...
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... Charles visited Rome , where he was received with all the honours due to the deliverer of the capital of the old Roman empire . At the distance of thirty miles from the city , the magistrates and nobles came forth to meet him , bearing ...
... Charles visited Rome , where he was received with all the honours due to the deliverer of the capital of the old Roman empire . At the distance of thirty miles from the city , the magistrates and nobles came forth to meet him , bearing ...
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... Charles , to whom had been given the surname of Martel , or the Hammer , from the hard blows that he dealt to his enemies . They still , however , retained possession of Spain ; and at the Diet , or legislative assembly , held by ...
... Charles , to whom had been given the surname of Martel , or the Hammer , from the hard blows that he dealt to his enemies . They still , however , retained possession of Spain ; and at the Diet , or legislative assembly , held by ...
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