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... Crown Busi THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE TIBER . FLORENCE Siena o M. Fumajolo Le Balze Rimini Pieve S. Stefano Caprate Borgo San Sepolcro Arno R. Anghiario Arezzo Citta di Castello Montepulcianoo Chiusio o Cortona Gubbio Fratta Adriatic Se a ...
... Crown Busi THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE TIBER . FLORENCE Siena o M. Fumajolo Le Balze Rimini Pieve S. Stefano Caprate Borgo San Sepolcro Arno R. Anghiario Arezzo Citta di Castello Montepulcianoo Chiusio o Cortona Gubbio Fratta Adriatic Se a ...
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... crown ; this being the last occasion upon which it was used . Henry , however , without more ado , ratified the election , sending a prelate to attend the consecration who was not even in priest's orders . No sooner had Gregory attained ...
... crown ; this being the last occasion upon which it was used . Henry , however , without more ado , ratified the election , sending a prelate to attend the consecration who was not even in priest's orders . No sooner had Gregory attained ...
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... crowns are borne by , the tribute of the several vanquished cities , given in token of fealty to their con- querors . Last of all Æmilius himself appears : a man well worthy to be looked upon , as the historians confess , even without ...
... crowns are borne by , the tribute of the several vanquished cities , given in token of fealty to their con- querors . Last of all Æmilius himself appears : a man well worthy to be looked upon , as the historians confess , even without ...
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... crown . Æmilius was a tender - hearted man , as tenderness went in those days : he loved his own , no doubt , very dearly . He had two sons still left to him , sole heirs of his name and fortune - two others , the fruits of a first ...
... crown . Æmilius was a tender - hearted man , as tenderness went in those days : he loved his own , no doubt , very dearly . He had two sons still left to him , sole heirs of his name and fortune - two others , the fruits of a first ...
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