The Roman history of Appian, tr. by H. White, Volume 1G. Bell, 1899 |
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... carry that intention into effect , but that some early book maker observing the expressed in- tention of the author , pieced together these extracts from Plutarch and patched them upon the genuine books in order to add to the market ...
... carry that intention into effect , but that some early book maker observing the expressed in- tention of the author , pieced together these extracts from Plutarch and patched them upon the genuine books in order to add to the market ...
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... carried away by the first Napoleon and restored after the Congress of Vienna . The portraits used as illustrations were in part selected by myself at Rome and in part contributed from Duruy's His- tory by the generosity of the American ...
... carried away by the first Napoleon and restored after the Congress of Vienna . The portraits used as illustrations were in part selected by myself at Rome and in part contributed from Duruy's His- tory by the generosity of the American ...
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... carry the torch ? From the fields to the city ? From the city to your own hearthstone ? From your own hearth- stone to the temples of the gods ? Have mercy , my son , on me and on your country as we plead . " After she had thus spoken ...
... carry the torch ? From the fields to the city ? From the city to your own hearthstone ? From your own hearth- stone to the temples of the gods ? Have mercy , my son , on me and on your country as we plead . " After she had thus spoken ...
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... carried out at once , had not the new general Mamercus , who was marching against the Samnites , learned the design of the Roman guard . Concealing his intentions , he disarmed some of them and dismissed them , as soldiers entitled to ...
... carried out at once , had not the new general Mamercus , who was marching against the Samnites , learned the design of the Roman guard . Concealing his intentions , he disarmed some of them and dismissed them , as soldiers entitled to ...
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... carry the news . I advise as my choice the former , other- wise the latter is a necessity . The Romans will avenge themselves inevitably for any shame you put upon them . In that case you should strike the first blow and you will never ...
... carry the news . I advise as my choice the former , other- wise the latter is a necessity . The Romans will avenge themselves inevitably for any shame you put upon them . In that case you should strike the first blow and you will never ...
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