The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, Volume 9Eva March Tappan Houghton Mifflin, 1914 - History, Universal |
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Page 122
... whole Hubba declines the assault , and sits down before the place . There is no spring of water , he hears , within the Saxon lines , and they are otherwise wholly unprepared for a siege . A few days will no doubt settle the matter ...
... whole Hubba declines the assault , and sits down before the place . There is no spring of water , he hears , within the Saxon lines , and they are otherwise wholly unprepared for a siege . A few days will no doubt settle the matter ...
Page 319
... whole body of Welsh auxiliaries running from the field in rout and disarray . The panic of any large body of an army , we are told , generally communicates itself more or less to the whole ; but such was not the case upon the present ...
... whole body of Welsh auxiliaries running from the field in rout and disarray . The panic of any large body of an army , we are told , generally communicates itself more or less to the whole ; but such was not the case upon the present ...
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... whole night long , their high - built galleons came , Ship after ship , the whole night long , with her battle- thunder and flame ; Ship after ship , the whole night long , drew back with her dead and her shame . For some were sunk and ...
... whole night long , their high - built galleons came , Ship after ship , the whole night long , with her battle- thunder and flame ; Ship after ship , the whole night long , drew back with her dead and her shame . For some were sunk and ...
Contents
A TRADITION OF EARLY BRITAIN | 9 |
CARDINAL WOLSEY GOING IN PROCESSION | 27 |
Anthony Trollope | 29 |
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