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... king's body - guard ; the motive , private re- venge . Pausanias had suffered a most de- grading insult at the hands of Attalus , Cleopatra's uncle . He besought the king to give him revenge . This the king persistently declined to do ...
... king's body - guard ; the motive , private re- venge . Pausanias had suffered a most de- grading insult at the hands of Attalus , Cleopatra's uncle . He besought the king to give him revenge . This the king persistently declined to do ...
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... king was growing hour by hour . Sometimes , while they talked , the duke listened and said a few words himself , but more often he rode on out of the train alone , in deep thought , or called one of the older knights to his side ; and ...
... king was growing hour by hour . Sometimes , while they talked , the duke listened and said a few words himself , but more often he rode on out of the train alone , in deep thought , or called one of the older knights to his side ; and ...
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upon the visits of the king to the various provinces , or of a confidential commissioner personally representing the king . Such an overseer was known officially as the " King's Eye . " Only one person at a time , it seems , held the ...
upon the visits of the king to the various provinces , or of a confidential commissioner personally representing the king . Such an overseer was known officially as the " King's Eye . " Only one person at a time , it seems , held the ...
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