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... head of an army , and scattering the Lombards , who endea- voured to arrest his progress , laid siege to Pavia , whither the king had retreated , after sending his children to Verona , a city whose superior fortifications did not ...
... head of an army , and scattering the Lombards , who endea- voured to arrest his progress , laid siege to Pavia , whither the king had retreated , after sending his children to Verona , a city whose superior fortifications did not ...
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... head , the Pope . He collected his army , crossed the Pyrenees , added that part of Spain bounded on the south by ... heads . The slaughter was great , and among those who perished at the Pass of Roncesvalles was one of Charles's most ...
... head , the Pope . He collected his army , crossed the Pyrenees , added that part of Spain bounded on the south by ... heads . The slaughter was great , and among those who perished at the Pass of Roncesvalles was one of Charles's most ...
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... head , doing homage to him as his sovereign , while the building resounded with the acclamations of the people , " Long live Charles Augustus , crowned by God the great and pacific emperor of the Romans . " And from this time it is that ...
... head , doing homage to him as his sovereign , while the building resounded with the acclamations of the people , " Long live Charles Augustus , crowned by God the great and pacific emperor of the Romans . " And from this time it is that ...
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... head , receiving it as a gift from " God , his father , and the people . " It was the last time father and son met . They parted with much affection . In the January of the year following , Charlemagne was attacked by pleurisy ; and ...
... head , receiving it as a gift from " God , his father , and the people . " It was the last time father and son met . They parted with much affection . In the January of the year following , Charlemagne was attacked by pleurisy ; and ...
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... head of his formidable cavalry , a force for which the Turks have been famous , met with but faint and undis- ciplined opposition . The kingdoms of Armenia and Georgia were added to his dominions ; and such was the terror inspired by ...
... head of his formidable cavalry , a force for which the Turks have been famous , met with but faint and undis- ciplined opposition . The kingdoms of Armenia and Georgia were added to his dominions ; and such was the terror inspired by ...
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