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Turkey, now practically rulerless, was left without defence, on land and on water.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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These two divided the rulerless land between them when in 1131 Knut Laward was killed by his cousin
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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S. translates: "For God had seen the dire need which the rulerless ones before endured." l.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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S. translates: "For God had seen the dire need which the rulerless ones before endured." l.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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The very suddenness of these disasters, which left the Ottoman Empire rulerless and without defence by land or sea, contributed ultimately to its preservation, inasmuch as it impelled the Powers to combined action, which, under less urgent pressure, would probably not have been attainable.
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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