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Page 94
... along the inclined steep ; the Empress and her child being enveloped , on those occasions , in the raw skins of beasts slaughtered on the march . At Canossa there appeared the German Emperor , not the 94 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
... along the inclined steep ; the Empress and her child being enveloped , on those occasions , in the raw skins of beasts slaughtered on the march . At Canossa there appeared the German Emperor , not the 94 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
Page 95
At Canossa there appeared the German Emperor , not the leader of the rumoured host of Lombard invaders , but surrounded by a small and unarmed retinue - mean in his apparel , and contrite in outward aspect , a humble suppliant for ...
At Canossa there appeared the German Emperor , not the leader of the rumoured host of Lombard invaders , but surrounded by a small and unarmed retinue - mean in his apparel , and contrite in outward aspect , a humble suppliant for ...
Page 96
... Canossa . With strange emotions of pity , of wonder , and of scorn , the assembled crowd gazed on his majestic form and noble features , as , passing through the first and the second gateway , he stood in the posture of humiliation ...
... Canossa . With strange emotions of pity , of wonder , and of scorn , the assembled crowd gazed on his majestic form and noble features , as , passing through the first and the second gateway , he stood in the posture of humiliation ...
Page 97
... Canossa . Murmurs from Henry's invete- rate enemies , and his own zealous adherents , upbraided Gregory as exhibiting rather the cruelty of a tyrant than the rigour of an apostle . But the endurance of the sufferer was the only measure ...
... Canossa . Murmurs from Henry's invete- rate enemies , and his own zealous adherents , upbraided Gregory as exhibiting rather the cruelty of a tyrant than the rigour of an apostle . But the endurance of the sufferer was the only measure ...
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