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Page 256
... side where those walls are loftiest and incomparably strongest . " None , " continues Geoffroy , " sallied out of the city as we came up , which surely was marvellous , seeing that for every four men in our host there were four hundred ...
... side where those walls are loftiest and incomparably strongest . " None , " continues Geoffroy , " sallied out of the city as we came up , which surely was marvellous , seeing that for every four men in our host there were four hundred ...
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... sides lie the gardens of those citizens that dwell in the suburbs , which are well furnished with trees , spacious and beautiful . Of the Pasture and Tillage - lands . — On the north side , too , are fields for pasture , and a ...
... sides lie the gardens of those citizens that dwell in the suburbs , which are well furnished with trees , spacious and beautiful . Of the Pasture and Tillage - lands . — On the north side , too , are fields for pasture , and a ...
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... side . The sick and the wounded , sitting on the trunks of trees , or supported by their crutches , anxiously looked ... side . Thither the Russians would soon have followed them , if they had not hastened to burn the bridge . Then the ...
... side . The sick and the wounded , sitting on the trunks of trees , or supported by their crutches , anxiously looked ... side . Thither the Russians would soon have followed them , if they had not hastened to burn the bridge . Then the ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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