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... against his inclination , and yet near enough to keep them in perpetual alarm , as if , amidst his arts to gain time , he intended every moment to give them battle . Thefe dilatory proceedings expofed him to contempt among the Romans in ...
... against his inclination , and yet near enough to keep them in perpetual alarm , as if , amidst his arts to gain time , he intended every moment to give them battle . Thefe dilatory proceedings expofed him to contempt among the Romans in ...
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... against him , when he came to his lands , ordered them to be fpared , and fet a guard upon them to prevent the committing of the least injury there , while he was ravaging all the country around them , and laying it wafte with fire . An ...
... against him , when he came to his lands , ordered them to be fpared , and fet a guard upon them to prevent the committing of the least injury there , while he was ravaging all the country around them , and laying it wafte with fire . An ...
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... against these alle- gations of the tribune ; he only declared , that " He would " finish the facrifice , and other religious rites , as foon as " poffible , that he might return to the army and punish " Minucius for fighting contrary to ...
... against these alle- gations of the tribune ; he only declared , that " He would " finish the facrifice , and other religious rites , as foon as " poffible , that he might return to the army and punish " Minucius for fighting contrary to ...
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... against his colleague . As for Minucius , having called his men together , he thus expreffed himself : " Friends and " fellow foldiers , not to err at all in the management of 66 great affairs , is above the wiidom of men ; but it is ...
... against his colleague . As for Minucius , having called his men together , he thus expreffed himself : " Friends and " fellow foldiers , not to err at all in the management of 66 great affairs , is above the wiidom of men ; but it is ...
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... the main body was cuclofed . * Five hundred Numidians pretended to defert to the Romans ; But in the heat of the battle turned against them , and attacked ther in the rear . It is alfo faid , that a strange and fatal 18 PLUTARCH's , LIVES .
... the main body was cuclofed . * Five hundred Numidians pretended to defert to the Romans ; But in the heat of the battle turned against them , and attacked ther in the rear . It is alfo faid , that a strange and fatal 18 PLUTARCH's , LIVES .
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