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His 'Can de Dio! was shouted out in a voice that made the theatre shake and the poor actor tremble. If, on the other hand, the public disapproved without reason, Barbaja would start up in his box and address the audience. 'Figli d'una racca! 'Will you hold your tongues?

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844

Such troops were discomfited in every action; the cities of Racca and Baalbec, of Cufa and Bassora, were taken and pillaged; Bagdad was filled with consternation; and the caliph trembled behind the veils of his palace. In a daring inroad beyond the Tigris, Abu Taher advanced to the gates of the capital with no more than five hundred horse.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

Aid sent to Borrica. Line of Defense Chosen by the Natives. Religion of the Buccaneers. The Battle and the Rout. Strategy of racca. Cruelty of Don Pedro. The Retreat. Character of Uracca. Embarrassment of Don Pedro. Warning of M. Codro. Expedition of Pizarro. Mission of M. Codro. Letter of De Soto to Isabella.

John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott - Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi: American Pioneers and Patriots

The Porte, with her usual craft, dissimulated, and feigning to see in this event but a quarrel between two Pashas, she summoned them to lay before her their respective griefs; but finding her orders were disregarded, she made preparations for war. On the 16th of December, 1831, Mehemet Pasha, already governor of Racca, was appointed governor of Aleppo, and Seraskier of Syria and Arabia.

Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - Sketches

The triumphant caliph retired, after the fatigues of the campaign, to his favorite palace of Racca on the Euphrates: but the distance of five hundred miles, and the inclemency of the season, encouraged his adversary to violate the peace.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

In 833, A.D., the Caliph Almamon employed three brothers of the name of Ben Schaker, to measure a degree of latitude, first in the desert of Sangdaar, betweeen Racca and Palmyra, and afterwards near Cufa, for the purpose of ascertaining the circumference of the globe.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 : Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and : Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth : Century, By William Stevenson

After the chastisement of the guilty, and the restoration of peace, the royal shepherd accepted the reward of his labors; and a solemn comedy represented the triumph of religious prejudice over Barbarian power. The Turkish sultan embarked on the Tigris, landed at the gate of Racca, and made his public entry on horseback.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5