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... battle four ea , a lin to perpe THE at liftened to by embroil him of envy ad himfelf , t to fome of extolling ing encomi bove all , he cavalry unde he battle of 1 emory of it b ok was th e Theban ece he wo solt , and that eit ed , war ...
... battle four ea , a lin to perpe THE at liftened to by embroil him of envy ad himfelf , t to fome of extolling ing encomi bove all , he cavalry unde he battle of 1 emory of it b ok was th e Theban ece he wo solt , and that eit ed , war ...
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... battle , with the lofs of a great number of men , were driven behind the Alps , and kept from fuch inroads and rav- ages as they had used to make in the neighboring provinces . * Ovicula fignifies a little sheep . + The writers that ...
... battle , with the lofs of a great number of men , were driven behind the Alps , and kept from fuch inroads and rav- ages as they had used to make in the neighboring provinces . * Ovicula fignifies a little sheep . + The writers that ...
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... battle of Ticinus , before he beat Sempronius in that of Trebia . + Plutarch misunderstood Livy , and of the two prodigies which he mentions , made but one . Livy fays , " At Falerium the sky was " feen to open , and in the void space a ...
... battle of Ticinus , before he beat Sempronius in that of Trebia . + Plutarch misunderstood Livy , and of the two prodigies which he mentions , made but one . Livy fays , " At Falerium the sky was " feen to open , and in the void space a ...
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Plutarch. tience ; not to give battle to a man who led on an army hardened by many conflicts for this very purpose , but to fend fuccors to their allies , and to fecure the towns that were in their ... battle of Trebia , PLUTARCH's LIVES .
Plutarch. tience ; not to give battle to a man who led on an army hardened by many conflicts for this very purpose , but to fend fuccors to their allies , and to fecure the towns that were in their ... battle of Trebia , PLUTARCH's LIVES .
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... battle , our army is cut to " pieces , and Flaminius the consul is flain ; think , there- " fore , what is to be done for your fafety . " The fame commotion which a furious wind caufes in the ocean , did thefe words of the prætor ...
... battle , our army is cut to " pieces , and Flaminius the consul is flain ; think , there- " fore , what is to be done for your fafety . " The fame commotion which a furious wind caufes in the ocean , did thefe words of the prætor ...
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