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... Prince . Timur the Great . John , Duke of Bedford . Mahomet the Second . Christopher Columbus . Gustavus Vasa . Francis the First of France . Charles the Fifth of Germany . Peter the Great . Charles the Twelfth of Sweden . The Pyramids ...
... Prince . Timur the Great . John , Duke of Bedford . Mahomet the Second . Christopher Columbus . Gustavus Vasa . Francis the First of France . Charles the Fifth of Germany . Peter the Great . Charles the Twelfth of Sweden . The Pyramids ...
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... prince . Charles's warlike spirit and love of conquest led him to respond to this request as readily as his devotion for the Church had done to that of its head , the Pope . He collected his army , crossed the Pyrenees , added that part ...
... prince . Charles's warlike spirit and love of conquest led him to respond to this request as readily as his devotion for the Church had done to that of its head , the Pope . He collected his army , crossed the Pyrenees , added that part ...
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... prince , whose generosity and forbearance towards his enemies were as remarkable as the skill and energy with which he opposed them . But once more these faithless people , while he was awaiting the final settlement of his treaty with ...
... prince , whose generosity and forbearance towards his enemies were as remarkable as the skill and energy with which he opposed them . But once more these faithless people , while he was awaiting the final settlement of his treaty with ...
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... the Danes were defeated with great slaughter . Some of them , together with their prince , Guthrum , fled to a fortified place , to which the English laid siege , and soon reduced them to an unconditional surrender ALFRED THE GREAT .
... the Danes were defeated with great slaughter . Some of them , together with their prince , Guthrum , fled to a fortified place , to which the English laid siege , and soon reduced them to an unconditional surrender ALFRED THE GREAT .
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... prince , Guthrum , was dead , plundered and destroyed all around him , was effectually repulsed by the admirable state of defence in which the whole nation was found . The wife , and two sons of the Danish commander , were taken ...
... prince , Guthrum , was dead , plundered and destroyed all around him , was effectually repulsed by the admirable state of defence in which the whole nation was found . The wife , and two sons of the Danish commander , were taken ...
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