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The Political State of Italy - Page 274
by Theodore Lyman - 1820 - 424 pages
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 51

1821 - 690 pages
...inJanuary, 1819, this astonishing man, finding himself beset upon all points, threw himself, about sun-set, with five followers, into an old tower, in the midst...troops was drawn round the tower, out of reach of musket shot, and after a siege of thirty-six hours, he was forced to surrender, having fired away all...
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 12

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1821 - 536 pages
...with five followers, into an old tower, in the midst of a farm-yard, near the small town of Casuha, hoping that in the dead of the night he should be...drawn round the tower, out of reach of musquet shot, anc! after a siege of thirty -six hours, he was forced to surrender, having fired away all his cartridges,...
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 12

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1821 - 542 pages
...with five followers, into an old tower, in the midst of a farm-yard, near the small town of Casuha, hoping that in the dead of the night he should be...hour a close line of light troops was drawn round the to\vi-r. out of reach of mnsquet shot, am! after a siege of thirty-six hours, he was forced to MinvudiM-,...
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The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge, Volume 3

1825 - 208 pages
...tbe «e small town of Casuba, hoping probably that in the dead of the night he should be alile tii escape through the soldiers, many of whom were his friends, and all of whom believed him to be the devil. But in the course of one hour after, it was perceived that he...
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The Gossip; or, Literary, domestic, and useful recorder, by Francis Fiddlewood

1826 - 492 pages
...sunset into an old tower, in the midst of a farm-yard, near the small town of Casuba, hoping probably that in the dead of the night he should be able to...the soldiers, many of whom were his friends, and all of whom believed him to be the devil. But in the course of one hour after, it was perceived that he...
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