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... answer to the querift's demand . As to the lots being shrunk , which Livy mentions , and which was con- fidered as a bad omen , no doubt the priests had two fets , a smaller and a greater , which they played upon the people's ...
... answer to the querift's demand . As to the lots being shrunk , which Livy mentions , and which was con- fidered as a bad omen , no doubt the priests had two fets , a smaller and a greater , which they played upon the people's ...
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... answered his expecta- tion . For Minucius fent out his light armed troops firft , then the cavalry , and at laft , when he faw Hannibal fend reinforcements to his men upon the hill , he marched out with all his forces in order of battle ...
... answered his expecta- tion . For Minucius fent out his light armed troops firft , then the cavalry , and at laft , when he faw Hannibal fend reinforcements to his men upon the hill , he marched out with all his forces in order of battle ...
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... answered , " My friend , when I confider myself only , I conclude it " better for me to fall upon the weapons of the enemy , than " by the fentence of my own countrymen . However , " fince the state of public affairs is fo critical , I ...
... answered , " My friend , when I confider myself only , I conclude it " better for me to fall upon the weapons of the enemy , than " by the fentence of my own countrymen . However , " fince the state of public affairs is fo critical , I ...
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... answer that he had nothing of Homer's , he gave him a box on the ear , and fo left him . Another schoolmafter telling him he had Homer , cor . rected by himfelf ; " How ! " faid Alcibiades , " and do you employ your time in teaching ...
... answer that he had nothing of Homer's , he gave him a box on the ear , and fo left him . Another schoolmafter telling him he had Homer , cor . rected by himfelf ; " How ! " faid Alcibiades , " and do you employ your time in teaching ...
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... answer fuch an expenfe ; for at the time when Alcibiades won the three prizes in perfon at the Olympic games , after he had offered . a very costly facrifice to Jupiter , he entertained at a magnificent re- paft that innumerable company ...
... answer fuch an expenfe ; for at the time when Alcibiades won the three prizes in perfon at the Olympic games , after he had offered . a very costly facrifice to Jupiter , he entertained at a magnificent re- paft that innumerable company ...
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