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Surrounded by adversity and even taken prisoner ( for a short time in 1270 ) Mestwin II gave the possession of Gdansk to the Brandenburg duke Conrad who was holding the city of Gdansk until Mestwin II forced them to resign from their possession of the city by use of force in 1273, having been strengthened by new alliance with his maternal cousin Bolesław Pobożny, the duke of Great Poland.
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Surrounded by crime and violence everywhere, the `` hardboiled '' private eye can retain his purity only through a life of self-imposed isolation.
Surrounded by ancient elms, the campus is spacious and beautiful.
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Surrounded by the vizier Said ibn al-Mundhir who had ordered the construction of bastions around the city, he resisted the siege for six months, until he surrendered, having his life spared ( 928 ).
Surrounded by a squadron of Hessian troops, Tallard surrendered to Lieutenant-Colonel de Boinenburg, the Prince of Hesse-Kassel's aide-de-camp, and was sent under escort to Marlborough.
Surrounded by Crito, his grieving friends and students, he is teaching, philosophizing, and in fact, thanking the God of Health, Asclepius, for the hemlock brew which will ensure a peaceful death ...
Surrounded by hills in a river valley, Florence can be hot and humid from June to August.
Surrounded by two diamond-shaped moats with its own dock, the Pleasance was positioned on the far side of the Great Mere and had to be reached by boat.
Surrounded by sea and mountains, it is rather narrow at 2 or wide
Surrounded by luxuriant vegetation and peaceful creeks, the lake is a centre for water sports, such as sailing, canoeing, and kayaking.
Surrounded by Cleopatra and her children, Antony ended his alliance with Octavian.
Surrounded by water on three sides and protected by high mountains along its eastern border, the country generally has well-defined natural borders.
Surrounded by ocean on all sides, seafood has been an important staple in the Taiwanese diet.
Surrounded by friends and family members, Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia in 1913.
Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti.
Surrounded by his closest friends in Ephesus, he'd closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep and died of age 94 in 100 AD.
Surrounded by the zones was a performance area in the centre of the dome.
Surrounded by seasonal plantings and gardens, the fountain periodically shoots water high into the air.
Surrounded by reporters on August 23, 1968, Jerry Rubin, a Yippie leader, folk singer Phil Ochs, and other activists held their own presidential nominating convention with their candidate Pigasus, an actual pig.
Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Turkish troops, Catherine suggested before surrendering, that her jewels and those of the other women be used in an effort to bribe the Grand Vizier Baltaji into allowing a retreat.
Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and encircled by Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 288.
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Surrounded in mystery, the object of fear, hatred, and even worship by members of the Church of the Final Atonement ( the Shrike Cult ), the Shrike's origins are described as uncertain.
Surrounded by all the members of his immediate family, even his three children by Etiennette Le Marquis, Louis-Philippe died on 18 November 1785, at Sainte-Assise at the age of sixty.
" Surrounded " became the most successful hit of the parent album, generating controversy with its lyrics and eventually receiving airplay even in the US.
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Surrounded by forests, it offers swimming, fishing, sailing and surfing opportunities, and due to the power station's waste heat it is warm enough all year to be a habitat for grass carps.
Surrounded, he fought on until Denis de Morbecque, a French exile who fought for England, approached him.
Surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear Lake is a year-around resort destination for Southern California.
Surrounded by the Willamette National Forest, Oakridge is popular with outdoor enthusiasts for its hiking, mountain biking, wildflowers, fly fishing, birding, watersports, and nearby Willamette Pass ski area.
Surrounded by tall, shady trees, Hyrum provides an excellent place for an afternoon picnic, or spend the whole weekend trolling on the lake catching yellow perch, rainbow trout, bluegill, and largemouth bass.
The album was certified double platinum by the CRIA for selling over 200, 000 copies in the U. S., fueled mostly by the singles " Surrounded " and " God Made Me ".
Surrounded by deep waters with counter-currents, Cocos Island is admired by scuba divers for its populations of Hammerhead sharks, rays, dolphins and other large marine species.
In 1974, Keith Hudson released his classic Pick a Dub, widely considered to have been the first deliberately thematic dub album, with tracks specifically mixed in the dub style for the purpose of appearing together on an LP, and King Tubby released his two debut albums At the Grass Roots of Dub and Surrounded by the Dreads at the National Arena.
Surrounded by the mountains of the Hindu Kush, which boil up from the valley floor to the north, east and west, it is the axis of commerce for a huge area of eastern Afghanistan, and has been a strategic location for armies throughout this country ’ s long history of conflict.
Surrounded by daimyo who only intended to use the authority of shogun for their own good, Yoshiteru still managed to reaffirm the shogun's authority by active diplomacy that extended to every part of Japan.
Surrounded by gunfire, the men on the ground called upon a Quick Reaction Force ( QRF ), designed for such emergencies.
The area designated as Craigavon ' city centre ', roughly midpoint between Lurgan and Portadown, for much of this time contained the municipal authority, the court buildings, a shopping mall Surrounded by greenfield land it became a source of much derision, although in recent years housing developments have been built up around the shopping centre whilst the area to the East lies the " balancing lakes ".
Surrounded as it is by Metropolitan Green Belt countryside, Holmer Green village is well placed for walking, horse riding, and cycling-the Chiltern Heritage Cycling Trail runs right through the centre of the village.
Surrounded and running out of ammunition they withstood incessant attacks from multiple fleeing panzer divisions for 48 hours until they were relieved.
" On Images and Words, he penned " Pull Me Under ", " Surrounded ", " Wait for Sleep ", and parts of " Take the Time.
Surrounded by open moor and grassland on its northern and eastern sides, Milnrow forms a continuous urban area with neighbouring Rochdale to the west, and, according to the Office for National Statistics, is part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, the United Kingdom's third largest conurbation.
Surrounded by a wreath, the national emblem also acted as the emblem for the East German National People's Army, and when surrounded by a twelve pointed white star, for the People's Police.
Surrounded by the music of the black church and the big bands which played on the Ohio Riverboats, and with a father who was a music educator at Oberlin College, he started playing drums with the Boy Scouts, receiving a scholarship to Wilberforce University, where he joined the Collegians, a band noted as a breeding ground for great jazz musicians including Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and Benny Carter.
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