Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2I. Thomas, 1804 |
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... called Fodii , on account of their catching wild beasts by means of pits ; for a pit is fill in Latin called fovea , and the word fodere fignifies to dig ; but in time two letters being changed , they had the name of Fabii . This family ...
... called Fodii , on account of their catching wild beasts by means of pits ; for a pit is fill in Latin called fovea , and the word fodere fignifies to dig ; but in time two letters being changed , they had the name of Fabii . This family ...
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... called Ovicula * from the mildness and gravity of his behavior when a boy . Nay , his compofed demeanor , and his filence , his caution in engaging in the diversions of the other boys , the flow- nefs and difficulty with which he took ...
... called Ovicula * from the mildness and gravity of his behavior when a boy . Nay , his compofed demeanor , and his filence , his caution in engaging in the diversions of the other boys , the flow- nefs and difficulty with which he took ...
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... called Thrafymenus , † in Tuscany . While the armies were engaged , there happened an earth . quake , which overturned whole cities , changed the course of rivers , and tore off the tops of mountains ; yet not one of the combatants was ...
... called Thrafymenus , † in Tuscany . While the armies were engaged , there happened an earth . quake , which overturned whole cities , changed the course of rivers , and tore off the tops of mountains ; yet not one of the combatants was ...
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... called the dictatorship , and that a man fhould be pitched upon for it , who would exercise it with steadiness and intrepidity . That such a man was Fabius Maximus , who had a spirit and dignity of manners equal to fo great a command ...
... called the dictatorship , and that a man fhould be pitched upon for it , who would exercise it with steadiness and intrepidity . That such a man was Fabius Maximus , who had a spirit and dignity of manners equal to fo great a command ...
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... called to Rome by the priests , to affift at fome of the folemn facrifices , and therefore was obliged to leave the army to Minucius ; but he both charged him as dictator , and ufed many arguments and entreaties with him . as a friend ...
... called to Rome by the priests , to affift at fome of the folemn facrifices , and therefore was obliged to leave the army to Minucius ; but he both charged him as dictator , and ufed many arguments and entreaties with him . as a friend ...
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