The Crimea: Its Ancient and Modern History: the Khans, the Sultans, and the CzarsLongman, 1855 - 368 стор. |
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... edict of the Emperor Augustus , probably for not keeping a still tongue in his head , and using it in gossiping about a piece of court scandal . By the terms of his banishment , he was ordered to reside at Tomi , 14 THE CRIMEA .
... edict of the Emperor Augustus , probably for not keeping a still tongue in his head , and using it in gossiping about a piece of court scandal . By the terms of his banishment , he was ordered to reside at Tomi , 14 THE CRIMEA .
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... then covered , only the head being left above ground to mark the site of the living man's grave . The sensations are described at first as the reverse of agreeable . Breathing is rendered difficult by the weight of the mud 32 THE CRIMEA .
... then covered , only the head being left above ground to mark the site of the living man's grave . The sensations are described at first as the reverse of agreeable . Breathing is rendered difficult by the weight of the mud 32 THE CRIMEA .
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... to a reward from the authorities , on exhibiting the head , while a profit is made of the skin . Hamsters , small burrowing animals , not unlike the guinea - pig , annoy the husbandman , by making havoc with his grain and 72 THE CRIMEA .
... to a reward from the authorities , on exhibiting the head , while a profit is made of the skin . Hamsters , small burrowing animals , not unlike the guinea - pig , annoy the husbandman , by making havoc with his grain and 72 THE CRIMEA .
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... head - quarters at Cherson . For its protection , after signally chastising the barbarians , the commander built a fortress , —the usual nucleus of a city , -probably selecting some advanced position towards the interior , and called it ...
... head - quarters at Cherson . For its protection , after signally chastising the barbarians , the commander built a fortress , —the usual nucleus of a city , -probably selecting some advanced position towards the interior , and called it ...
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... head of Domitian . There are similar memorials of Trajan , Marcus Aurelius , Com- modus , Severus , and Caracalla . But Roman influ- ence in the country was at all times limited , owing to its distance from the seat of authority and an ...
... head of Domitian . There are similar memorials of Trajan , Marcus Aurelius , Com- modus , Severus , and Caracalla . But Roman influ- ence in the country was at all times limited , owing to its distance from the seat of authority and an ...
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