Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries ...T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798 - Anecdotes |
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... French Hiftorian , was defirous that his fon , Edward the Black Prince , fhould have all the honour of the " glorious day at Creffy . He wifhed to teach " him to be victorious , and he entrusted him " to two Noblemen very proper for ...
... French Hiftorian , was defirous that his fon , Edward the Black Prince , fhould have all the honour of the " glorious day at Creffy . He wifhed to teach " him to be victorious , and he entrusted him " to two Noblemen very proper for ...
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... French . He had agreed for a certain fum to restore it to them ; and Geoffroy de Charny , the Governor of St. Omer ... French troops . Among them was a Knight celebrated for his bravery , named Eustache de Ribaumont . The King , defirous ...
... French . He had agreed for a certain fum to restore it to them ; and Geoffroy de Charny , the Governor of St. Omer ... French troops . Among them was a Knight celebrated for his bravery , named Eustache de Ribaumont . The King , defirous ...
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... French Gentlemen , who " with an incredible degree of courage were " alone fuftaining the fhock of his victorious . army . His confideration and respect of fuch " distinguished valour , immediately blunted the edge of his refentment ...
... French Gentlemen , who " with an incredible degree of courage were " alone fuftaining the fhock of his victorious . army . His confideration and respect of fuch " distinguished valour , immediately blunted the edge of his refentment ...
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... French Gentlemen did many feats at arms .. " When the Prince in his car came to the spot . " where they were , he observed them with great " pleasure , and became foftened and appeafed by " their extraordinary acts of valour . The ...
... French Gentlemen did many feats at arms .. " When the Prince in his car came to the spot . " where they were , he observed them with great " pleasure , and became foftened and appeafed by " their extraordinary acts of valour . The ...
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... French Ambaffador , who in- fifted that they fhould remain as formerly , by a decree of Pope Benedict IX . a part of the Ger- man Nation * . On the arrival of Sigifmund the Emperor at the Council , in the fame year , the English repre ...
... French Ambaffador , who in- fifted that they fhould remain as formerly , by a decree of Pope Benedict IX . a part of the Ger- man Nation * . On the arrival of Sigifmund the Emperor at the Council , in the fame year , the English repre ...
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