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It was proposed to make a flank march to the left, cut off the Vice-King
War and Peace 2003
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This city was formerly an Indian village, bearing the indigestible name of Cuetlaxcapen, or "Snake in the Water;" but, in 1530, the Vice-King Mendoza established here a Spanish colony, but left the original government unchanged; so that, down to the independence, the city administration was conducted by an Indian alcalde, assisted by a council of four Indians.
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A few years later the chief of squadron had become Vice-King of Italy, the presumptive heir of the imperial crown (a title which, in truth, he did not long preserve), and husband of the daughter of a king.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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She was very proud of her children, and spoke of them always with an enthusiasm which seemed very natural to all who knew the Queen of Holland and the Vice-King of
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Captain Don Alonzo de Leon, in the year 1689, [15] by command of the Vice-King of New Spain, took formal possession of Texas, in the name of His Most Catholic
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She was very proud of her children, and spoke of them always with an enthusiasm which seemed very natural to all who knew the Queen of Holland and the Vice-King of Italy.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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A few years later the chief of squadron had become Vice-King of Italy, the presumptive heir of the imperial crown (a title which, in truth, he did not long preserve), and husband of the daughter of a king.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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It was proposed to make a flank march to the left, cut off the Vice-King (Murat) and capture him.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869
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Napoleon had not the courage to do it himself, and he wanted to confide this duty to the Vice-King Eugene, whom for this purpose he had invited to Paris.
Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon 1843
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Merchant's-Clerk, Book-dealer, Vice-King; in many places, from Virginia to Sardinia, shalt, ever as a brave man, find employment.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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