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... success . For one insurrection , in which the Saxons were victorious , Charle- magne afterwards took a cruel revenge , by inviting 4500 of their principal men to meet him , as if for friendly conference , at Verden , where they were all ...
... success . For one insurrection , in which the Saxons were victorious , Charle- magne afterwards took a cruel revenge , by inviting 4500 of their principal men to meet him , as if for friendly conference , at Verden , where they were all ...
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... success as to raise the drooping spirits of his small force , and inspire them with hope of ultimate deliverance from their oppressors . One signal victory gained by the Saxons in Devonshire , who had seized an enchanted banner - as it ...
... success as to raise the drooping spirits of his small force , and inspire them with hope of ultimate deliverance from their oppressors . One signal victory gained by the Saxons in Devonshire , who had seized an enchanted banner - as it ...
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... successes of his arms rendered Hindostan tributary to him ; and his name is said to be still venerated in the East , for the advantages which his reign conferred upon his people . His son was driven from his throne by another tribe of ...
... successes of his arms rendered Hindostan tributary to him ; and his name is said to be still venerated in the East , for the advantages which his reign conferred upon his people . His son was driven from his throne by another tribe of ...
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... successes of his arms rendered Hindostan tributary to him ; and his name is said to be still venerated in the East , for the advantages which his reign conferred upon his people . His son was driven from his throne by another tribe of ...
... successes of his arms rendered Hindostan tributary to him ; and his name is said to be still venerated in the East , for the advantages which his reign conferred upon his people . His son was driven from his throne by another tribe of ...
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... successful opponent in his successor , who animated , not only by the love of conquest , but by the more powerful motive of religious zeal , now directed against them the combined force of that mighty empire which he had won for himself ...
... successful opponent in his successor , who animated , not only by the love of conquest , but by the more powerful motive of religious zeal , now directed against them the combined force of that mighty empire which he had won for himself ...
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