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... flain in that expedition . It was like- wife one of the moft illuftrious ; for the Fabii had borne the highest offices in the ftate , and two of them had been seven times confuls . Pliny's account of the matter is much more probable ...
... flain in that expedition . It was like- wife one of the moft illuftrious ; for the Fabii had borne the highest offices in the ftate , and two of them had been seven times confuls . Pliny's account of the matter is much more probable ...
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... flain , and as many taken prifon- ers . Hannibal was very defirous of difcovering the body of Flaminius , that he might bury it with due honor , as a tribute to his bravery , but he could not find it , nor could any account be given ...
... flain , and as many taken prifon- ers . Hannibal was very defirous of difcovering the body of Flaminius , that he might bury it with due honor , as a tribute to his bravery , but he could not find it , nor could any account be given ...
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... 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 produce in fo vast a multitude . In the first confternation they could ...
... 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 produce in fo vast a multitude . In the first confternation they could ...
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... flain in that battle . There was this difference , indeed , that Buteo had no fooner enrolled the new fenators , than he difmiffed his litors and the rest of his retinue , and mixed with the crowd , stopping fome time in the forum about ...
... flain in that battle . There was this difference , indeed , that Buteo had no fooner enrolled the new fenators , than he difmiffed his litors and the rest of his retinue , and mixed with the crowd , stopping fome time in the forum about ...
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... flain . Fifty thoufand Romans are faid to have fallen in this battle , + and four thoufand to have been taken prifoners , befide ten thoufand that were taken after the battle in both the camps . * Και γεια μαρτυς αυτός . + According to ...
... flain . Fifty thoufand Romans are faid to have fallen in this battle , + and four thoufand to have been taken prifoners , befide ten thoufand that were taken after the battle in both the camps . * Και γεια μαρτυς αυτός . + According to ...
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Page 239 - Yet Archimedes had such a depth of understanding, such a dignity of sentiment, and so copious a fund of mathematical knowledge, that, though in the invention of these machines he gained the reputation of a man" endowed with divine rather than human knowledge, yet he did not vouchsafe to leave any account of them in writing.
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Page 238 - And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the informing soul.