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... hand , the descriptions of great deeds or memorable scenes , and the pictures of personal character , all , in short , which can bring before us in living reality the men about whom we write , and the places in which they played their ...
... hand , the descriptions of great deeds or memorable scenes , and the pictures of personal character , all , in short , which can bring before us in living reality the men about whom we write , and the places in which they played their ...
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... hands of the Sultan . Declaration of Independence . • Massacre of Chios ( Scio ) by the Turks . . Capture of the city by the Turks . BATTLE OF NAVARINO . Destruction of the Turkish fleet by the combined fleets of Russia , France , and ...
... hands of the Sultan . Declaration of Independence . • Massacre of Chios ( Scio ) by the Turks . . Capture of the city by the Turks . BATTLE OF NAVARINO . Destruction of the Turkish fleet by the combined fleets of Russia , France , and ...
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... hand . Not only were there stories which belonged to particular families , clans , or cities ; but around these flowed the stream of a tradition which professed to furnish a continuous history in the tales of the Kalydonian boar hunt ...
... hand . Not only were there stories which belonged to particular families , clans , or cities ; but around these flowed the stream of a tradition which professed to furnish a continuous history in the tales of the Kalydonian boar hunt ...
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... hands that for this war we have no contemporary history ; and if we examine the story , we find that in its main features it is a tale told in every Aryan land , and that , if such a war ever took place , it must be carried back to a ...
... hands that for this war we have no contemporary history ; and if we examine the story , we find that in its main features it is a tale told in every Aryan land , and that , if such a war ever took place , it must be carried back to a ...
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... hands and cut his bonds . Seizing the weapon , the hero slew his enemies ; and the maiden was rewarded by becoming the wife of his son Gorgos . But the fated time was now drawing near . The Pythian priestess had warned him that the god ...
... hands and cut his bonds . Seizing the weapon , the hero slew his enemies ; and the maiden was rewarded by becoming the wife of his son Gorgos . But the fated time was now drawing near . The Pythian priestess had warned him that the god ...
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