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He was enamored of a Duchess, whose rightful lover became jealous, and sent three or four fellows to give him his choice between drinking poison out of a cup and being assassinated. He chose the former, but being an Italian poltroon he died ALONE, and allowed his murderers to live on in peace and quiet. Such an admirable singer is a great loss. Adieu! Munich, Jan. 3, 1780.
La Salle leads an Expedition to seize the Mouth of the Mississippi. A Series of Mishaps. Landing at Matagorda Bay. Fort St. Louis of Texas. Seeking the Mississippi, La Salle explores the Interior of Texas. Mounted Comanches. La Salle starts out to go to Canada for Relief. Interesting Experiences. La Salle assassinated. Tonty's Heroic Efforts to rescue him and his Party.
Capodistrias, the President, was assassinated about this time by two men belonging to one of the first families in Greece. The protecting powers required that his successor be a king, and a Bavarian prince named Otho was put upon the throne of the new kingdom in 1833.
"Colonel Roosevelt," the ranger guessed promptly. "Our friend Chaves. He's escaping because he thinks we'll have him assassinated in revenge," the big Irishman returned gleefully. "You should have seen his color, me bye, when he caught sight of me. I asked him if he'd been reduced to the ranks, and he begged me not to tell you he was here. Go in and devil him." Bucky glanced at his lover.
When the Prince had been assassinated, he had done his best to secure for his son Maurice the sovereign position of which murder had so suddenly deprived the father. He had been member of the memorable embassies to France and England by which invaluable support for the struggling Provinces had been obtained.
"It would interfere with some plans I have been making for you, in a general way, to have you assassinated." "Stuff. Ten to one all these stories that somebody has been so careful to have get back to you are right out of the whole cloth " "What's the use of setting up your cranky opinions against the hard facts?
A feeling of irritation pervaded the public mind in Italy, and the army had not proceeded three marches beyond Mantua when an insurrection broke out in Milan. The Finance Minister, Pizna, was assassinated, and his residence demolished, and nothing would have saved the Viceroy from a similar fate had he been in his capital.
This monarch transferred his residence from AEgae to Pella, which thus became the capital. He entertained many literary men at his court, such as Euripides, who ended his days at Pella. Archelaus was assassinated in B.C. 399, and the crown devolved upon Amyntas II., a representative of the ancient line.
The bitterness which had shown itself only in his words now rose with full force from the depths of his soul. Kollomietzev came to dinner, disturbed and agitated. "Would you believe it!" he shouted almost in tears, "what horrors I've read in the papers! My friend, my beloved Michael, the Servian prince, has been assassinated by some blackguards in Belgrade.
Caesar gives them a decisive defeat at the great battle of Pharsalia. Pompeius flies for refuge to Alexandria, where he is assassinated. Caesar, who had followed him thither, is involved in a war with the Egyptians, in which he is finally victorious. The celebrated Cleopatra is made Queen of Egypt.
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