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... arms , on the supposition of its being inconsistent with their profession as disciples of the Prince of Peace . But the church , even before her union with the state under Constantine in the fourth- century , had sadly degenerated in ...
... arms , on the supposition of its being inconsistent with their profession as disciples of the Prince of Peace . But the church , even before her union with the state under Constantine in the fourth- century , had sadly degenerated in ...
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... arms , and others with their last breath pronounced the name of their mother and their country . Stretched on the road , we could only see the heaps of snow that covered them , and formed undulations in our route like those in a grave ...
... arms , and others with their last breath pronounced the name of their mother and their country . Stretched on the road , we could only see the heaps of snow that covered them , and formed undulations in our route like those in a grave ...
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... arms . Some , too weak to lift a piece of wood , or roll a stone towards the fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn- ing logs . These livid spectres , unable to get up , fell by ...
... arms . Some , too weak to lift a piece of wood , or roll a stone towards the fire , sat down upon their dead compan- ions , and gazed with countenances unmoved upon the burn- ing logs . These livid spectres , unable to get up , fell by ...
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... arms , than multitudes were murdered in cold blood . Some were burnt alive , and all the survivors subjected to a series of such extreme privations and suf- ferings as thinned their ranks with fearful rapidity . Fa- " tigue and ...
... arms , than multitudes were murdered in cold blood . Some were burnt alive , and all the survivors subjected to a series of such extreme privations and suf- ferings as thinned their ranks with fearful rapidity . Fa- " tigue and ...
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... arms . ' Still worse was the capture of Magdeburg , as related by Schiller in his history of the thirty years ' war . ' Exasper- ated by its long resistance , the commander of the besieging army , on entering it , abandoned the city to ...
... arms . ' Still worse was the capture of Magdeburg , as related by Schiller in his history of the thirty years ' war . ' Exasper- ated by its long resistance , the commander of the besieging army , on entering it , abandoned the city to ...
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