The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, 7. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... army , together with their king , Cleombrotus . The conqueror , pursuing his advantages , entered Laconia , at the head of 50,000 men ; threw the Spar- tans into the utmost terror ; restored liberty to the cities of the Peloponesus ...
... army , together with their king , Cleombrotus . The conqueror , pursuing his advantages , entered Laconia , at the head of 50,000 men ; threw the Spar- tans into the utmost terror ; restored liberty to the cities of the Peloponesus ...
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... army , which had already ravaged the country , and approached towards Athens . Themistocles and Ari- stides were among the ten generals who were ordered to oppose the barbarians . These ten generals alternately took the command . The ...
... army , which had already ravaged the country , and approached towards Athens . Themistocles and Ari- stides were among the ten generals who were ordered to oppose the barbarians . These ten generals alternately took the command . The ...
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... army of the interior , and in a short time afterwards commander in chief over the same army . In the winter of the same year he married the widow of Alexander Beauharnois , who brought him , it is said , as a portion , the command over ...
... army of the interior , and in a short time afterwards commander in chief over the same army . In the winter of the same year he married the widow of Alexander Beauharnois , who brought him , it is said , as a portion , the command over ...
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... army under the command of Kleber , and repairing on ship - board , with accustomed good fortune he was landed near Frejus , in Provence Notwithstanding this disgraceful proceeding , a pros- pect of the most brilliant description opened ...
... army under the command of Kleber , and repairing on ship - board , with accustomed good fortune he was landed near Frejus , in Provence Notwithstanding this disgraceful proceeding , a pros- pect of the most brilliant description opened ...
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... army , was born at Hereford , on the 28th of February , 1716. He was descended from a French family , who , being protestants , fled to England on the revocation of the edict of Nantes . He received his education partly in the grammar ...
... army , was born at Hereford , on the 28th of February , 1716. He was descended from a French family , who , being protestants , fled to England on the revocation of the edict of Nantes . He received his education partly in the grammar ...
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