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... death that carries the contention of its adverse families into the region of romance and legend . Florence dated her calamities from the insult offered by Buondelmonte dei Buondelmonti to the Amidei in a broken marriage . Bologna never ...
... death that carries the contention of its adverse families into the region of romance and legend . Florence dated her calamities from the insult offered by Buondelmonte dei Buondelmonti to the Amidei in a broken marriage . Bologna never ...
Page 92
... death , for heinous and grievous offences . It is lawful for Christian men , at the commandment of the Magistrate , to wear weapons , and serve in the wars . JESUITS THOMAS BABINGTON , LORD MACAULAY , " Essay on Von Ranke's History of ...
... death , for heinous and grievous offences . It is lawful for Christian men , at the commandment of the Magistrate , to wear weapons , and serve in the wars . JESUITS THOMAS BABINGTON , LORD MACAULAY , " Essay on Von Ranke's History of ...
Page 258
... death seemed relaxation and a wound a luxury . But as they moved out these things were but the end they asked , the reward they had come for , the unseen cross upon the breast . All that they felt was a gladness of exultation that their ...
... death seemed relaxation and a wound a luxury . But as they moved out these things were but the end they asked , the reward they had come for , the unseen cross upon the breast . All that they felt was a gladness of exultation that their ...
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