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As Robert of Normandy rode against his antagonist , “ I devote thy head , ” he
piously exclaimed , “ to the demons of hell ; " and that head was instantly cloven
to the breast by the resistless stroke of his descending falchion . But the reality or
the ...
As Robert of Normandy rode against his antagonist , “ I devote thy head , ” he
piously exclaimed , “ to the demons of hell ; " and that head was instantly cloven
to the breast by the resistless stroke of his descending falchion . But the reality or
the ...
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... with a dreadful menace if he presumed to suppress the commands of Heaven .
“ At Antioch , ” said the apostle , “ in the church of my brother St. Peter , near the
high - altar , is concealed the steel head of the lance that pierced the side of our ...
... with a dreadful menace if he presumed to suppress the commands of Heaven .
“ At Antioch , ” said the apostle , “ in the church of my brother St. Peter , near the
high - altar , is concealed the steel head of the lance that pierced the side of our ...
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Without his bow or quiver or club , his lion's skin carelessly thrown over him , he
was seated on an osier basket , his right leg and arm stretched to the utmost , his
left knee bent and supporting his elbow , his head reclining on his left hand , his ...
Without his bow or quiver or club , his lion's skin carelessly thrown over him , he
was seated on an osier basket , his right leg and arm stretched to the utmost , his
left knee bent and supporting his elbow , his head reclining on his left hand , his ...
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CHAPTER LVIII | 13 |
Raymond of Toulouse 38 | 77 |
CHAPTER LIX | 88 |
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| Titel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 6 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon |
| Autor/in | Edward Gibbon |
| Verlag | Nottingham Society, 1845 |
| Original von | Ohio State University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Sept. 2013 |
| ISBN | 0713991240, 9780713991246 |
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