The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... Romans , that while they crouched in prostrate servility to each im- perial monster that swayed their destinies in succession , they never would allow their amusements to be invaded , nor tolerate a cessation of the sports of the ...
... Romans , that while they crouched in prostrate servility to each im- perial monster that swayed their destinies in succession , they never would allow their amusements to be invaded , nor tolerate a cessation of the sports of the ...
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... as I cannot control your inward belief , be at least in this respect a Roman Catholic : I ask no more . " How could I have refused so simple an injunction ? and 66 what junior member of the bar would not hold a 4 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
... as I cannot control your inward belief , be at least in this respect a Roman Catholic : I ask no more . " How could I have refused so simple an injunction ? and 66 what junior member of the bar would not hold a 4 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
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... Romans , may be gathered from various sources . In Ovid's Fasti ( notwithstanding the title ) I find nothing ; but from the reliques of old sacerdotal memorials collected by Stephano Morcelli , it appears that Numa fitted himself by ...
... Romans , may be gathered from various sources . In Ovid's Fasti ( notwithstanding the title ) I find nothing ; but from the reliques of old sacerdotal memorials collected by Stephano Morcelli , it appears that Numa fitted himself by ...
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... Romans , as the very names of the principal families sufficiently indicate . The Fabii , for in- stance , were so called ... Roman satirist , ever alive to the follies of his age , can find nothing more ludicrous than the notion of the ...
... Romans , as the very names of the principal families sufficiently indicate . The Fabii , for in- stance , were so called ... Roman satirist , ever alive to the follies of his age , can find nothing more ludicrous than the notion of the ...
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... Roman empire , the gigantic frame of the colossus itself soon hastened to decay . It burst of its own plethory . The example of the degenerate court had pervaded the provinces ; and soon the whole body politic reeled , as after a ...
... Roman empire , the gigantic frame of the colossus itself soon hastened to decay . It burst of its own plethory . The example of the degenerate court had pervaded the provinces ; and soon the whole body politic reeled , as after a ...
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