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... pass away before the struggle between the two races could be renewed ; and the Arabs , that formidable rear guard of the Semitic world , dashed forth from their deserts . The conflict between the two races then became the conflict of ...
... pass away before the struggle between the two races could be renewed ; and the Arabs , that formidable rear guard of the Semitic world , dashed forth from their deserts . The conflict between the two races then became the conflict of ...
Side 32
... pass ; but , learning that these only guarded them during the day , and at night withdrew to their homes in the valley beyond , he seized the defiles after nightfall , and on the next day effected the passage of his army , not without ...
... pass ; but , learning that these only guarded them during the day , and at night withdrew to their homes in the valley beyond , he seized the defiles after nightfall , and on the next day effected the passage of his army , not without ...
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... Pass . The period of the year was about the end of October ; the first winter snows had already fallen ; and the climate of the country being far more severe than at present , owing to the dense forests which at that time . covered the ...
... Pass . The period of the year was about the end of October ; the first winter snows had already fallen ; and the climate of the country being far more severe than at present , owing to the dense forests which at that time . covered the ...
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... pass him and to join Scipio , if it proceeded from any fault of his , which is very improbable , he speedily redeemed it . 6. The conduct of Sempronius at the battle of the Trebbia is a remarkable instance of military incapacity . In ...
... pass him and to join Scipio , if it proceeded from any fault of his , which is very improbable , he speedily redeemed it . 6. The conduct of Sempronius at the battle of the Trebbia is a remarkable instance of military incapacity . In ...
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... pass a streamlet falls into the lake from a mountain gorge on the left , and the defile ter- minates , but the road continues in a straight course over the hills to Perusia . At the end of the defile the lake shore turns to the south ...
... pass a streamlet falls into the lake from a mountain gorge on the left , and the defile ter- minates , but the road continues in a straight course over the hills to Perusia . At the end of the defile the lake shore turns to the south ...
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