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... Battle of Trafalgar Human Slavery The Negro's Complaint William Tell Battle of Erie Surrender of Quebec Burning of Moscow The Kremlin of Moscow Battle of New - Orleans The Miseries of War The French Revolution Silver and Gold The Star ...
... Battle of Trafalgar Human Slavery The Negro's Complaint William Tell Battle of Erie Surrender of Quebec Burning of Moscow The Kremlin of Moscow Battle of New - Orleans The Miseries of War The French Revolution Silver and Gold The Star ...
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... BATTLE OF THERMOPYLE .. 1. THERMOPYLÆ is a strait or narrow pass of mount Eta , between Thessaly and Phocis , but 25 feet broad , which therefore might be defended by a small number of ... BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ . BATTLE OF THERMOPYLE.. ...
... BATTLE OF THERMOPYLE .. 1. THERMOPYLÆ is a strait or narrow pass of mount Eta , between Thessaly and Phocis , but 25 feet broad , which therefore might be defended by a small number of ... BATTLE OF THERMOPYLÆ . BATTLE OF THERMOPYLE.. ...
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... battle . The shock was exceedingly violent and bloody . Leonidas himself was one of the first that fell . The endeavors of the Lacedæmonians to defend his dead body , were incredible . At length , not vanquished , but oppressed by ...
... battle . The shock was exceedingly violent and bloody . Leonidas himself was one of the first that fell . The endeavors of the Lacedæmonians to defend his dead body , were incredible . At length , not vanquished , but oppressed by ...
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