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... mado a vow that if he should overcome and kill his enemy he would himself carry his spoils to the templo of Jupiter and offer them to him . He overcamo his adversary , and slow him , routed his army and captured his city . He did not ...
... mado a vow that if he should overcome and kill his enemy he would himself carry his spoils to the templo of Jupiter and offer them to him . He overcamo his adversary , and slow him , routed his army and captured his city . He did not ...
Page 79
... mado each of them into a lawgiver like himself . The trifling conventions of everyday life wero best left undefined by hard - and - fast laws , so that they might from time to time receive corrections or additions from men educated in ...
... mado each of them into a lawgiver like himself . The trifling conventions of everyday life wero best left undefined by hard - and - fast laws , so that they might from time to time receive corrections or additions from men educated in ...
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... mado no image of any living thing , considering that it was wrong to make the worso like the better , and that God cannot be comprehended otherwise than by thought . Their sacrifices also were connected with the Pythagorean doctrine ...
... mado no image of any living thing , considering that it was wrong to make the worso like the better , and that God cannot be comprehended otherwise than by thought . Their sacrifices also were connected with the Pythagorean doctrine ...
Page 121
... mado away with himself . His son Marcius , who married Pompilia , remained in Rome , and became the father of Ancus Marcius , who was king after Tullus Hostilius , and who was only five years old when Numa died . We are told by Piso ...
... mado away with himself . His son Marcius , who married Pompilia , remained in Rome , and became the father of Ancus Marcius , who was king after Tullus Hostilius , and who was only five years old when Numa died . We are told by Piso ...
Page 126
... mado by Romulus , which wo may suppose were still in force throughout the country . III . With regard to a community of wives and children , each took a wise and statesman - like course to prevent jealousy , although tho means employed ...
... mado by Romulus , which wo may suppose were still in force throughout the country . III . With regard to a community of wives and children , each took a wise and statesman - like course to prevent jealousy , although tho means employed ...
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