The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Cassander , Olympias supported , with extraordinary bravery , the horrors of famine ; but having lost all hopes of assistance , she was compelled to sur- render . Cassander then induced the relatives of the offi- cers , whom the queen ...
... Cassander , Olympias supported , with extraordinary bravery , the horrors of famine ; but having lost all hopes of assistance , she was compelled to sur- render . Cassander then induced the relatives of the offi- cers , whom the queen ...
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... Cassander to kill Olympias , displays by his attitude , considerable irresolution . Another soldier , struck with the majestic firmness of the queen , turns away his head , and drops his sword . But Olympias has still much to fear . The ...
... Cassander to kill Olympias , displays by his attitude , considerable irresolution . Another soldier , struck with the majestic firmness of the queen , turns away his head , and drops his sword . But Olympias has still much to fear . The ...
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... Cassander , Olympias supported , with extraordinary bravery , the horrors of famine ; but having lost all hopes of assistance , she was compelled to sur- render . Cassander then induced the relatives of the offi- cers , whom the queen ...
... Cassander , Olympias supported , with extraordinary bravery , the horrors of famine ; but having lost all hopes of assistance , she was compelled to sur- render . Cassander then induced the relatives of the offi- cers , whom the queen ...
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... Cassander to kill Olympias , displays by his attitude , considerable irresolution . Another soldier , struck with the majestic firmness of the queen , turns away his head , and drops his sword . But Olympias has still much to fear . The ...
... Cassander to kill Olympias , displays by his attitude , considerable irresolution . Another soldier , struck with the majestic firmness of the queen , turns away his head , and drops his sword . But Olympias has still much to fear . The ...
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