The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 19T. Boys, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... honoured his own son with the prætexta and the bulla aurea , as a reward for his valour in killing one of his enemies ... honour on the first child that was born to any of them by a Roman father . Many believe , however , that the reason ...
... honoured his own son with the prætexta and the bulla aurea , as a reward for his valour in killing one of his enemies ... honour on the first child that was born to any of them by a Roman father . Many believe , however , that the reason ...
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... honour , became degraded into a badge of servitude . From this state of disgrace it was not redeemed till the time of the Emperor Adrian , whose chin being disfigured by some natural scars , he was content to let his beard grow , in ...
... honour , became degraded into a badge of servitude . From this state of disgrace it was not redeemed till the time of the Emperor Adrian , whose chin being disfigured by some natural scars , he was content to let his beard grow , in ...
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... honour to consult me on his great and important affairs , the first thing he did was to send away all the buffoons and stage dancers of his court . " This system of cropping , we are told , was carried by the courtiers even to the ...
... honour to consult me on his great and important affairs , the first thing he did was to send away all the buffoons and stage dancers of his court . " This system of cropping , we are told , was carried by the courtiers even to the ...
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... honour consist in that of their whiskers . The Portugueze were not the least behind them in this respect . In the reign of Catherine , Queen of Portugal , the brave John de Castro had just taken in India the castle of Diu ; victorious ...
... honour consist in that of their whiskers . The Portugueze were not the least behind them in this respect . In the reign of Catherine , Queen of Portugal , the brave John de Castro had just taken in India the castle of Diu ; victorious ...
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... honour it conferred ; and it may fairly be pre- sumed , that if wigs had been generally worn , he would not have neglected so easy a method of covering his baldness . CAPS . The cap is generally the emblem of liberty 26 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... honour it conferred ; and it may fairly be pre- sumed , that if wigs had been generally worn , he would not have neglected so easy a method of covering his baldness . CAPS . The cap is generally the emblem of liberty 26 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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