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... Hence it was that these last were only four in number , and received their names from the several parts of the City which they re- spectively inhabited ; being the Suburran , the Palatine , Col- line , and Exquiline tribes . Every ninth ...
... Hence it was that these last were only four in number , and received their names from the several parts of the City which they re- spectively inhabited ; being the Suburran , the Palatine , Col- line , and Exquiline tribes . Every ninth ...
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... Hence it was that to give precepts upon agriculture became one of the principal occupations among men of the highest rank , and that in foreign nations even . For among those who 38 A.U.C. 497 . 39 From " sero , " to sow . See the Eneid ...
... Hence it was that to give precepts upon agriculture became one of the principal occupations among men of the highest rank , and that in foreign nations even . For among those who 38 A.U.C. 497 . 39 From " sero , " to sow . See the Eneid ...
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... Hence the usual Latin name , " prata . ' 99 53 " Si sat bene . " Cicero , De Officiis , B. ii . n . 88 , gives this anecdote somewhat more at length . 54 De Re Rust . c . 2 . fond of selling . The same , too , with 12 [ Book XVIII ...
... Hence the usual Latin name , " prata . ' 99 53 " Si sat bene . " Cicero , De Officiis , B. ii . n . 88 , gives this anecdote somewhat more at length . 54 De Re Rust . c . 2 . fond of selling . The same , too , with 12 [ Book XVIII ...
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... hence it is , that new comers there so often find themselves deceived . " 75 CHAP . 8. - MAXIMS OF THE ANCIENTS ON AGRICULTURE . In what way , then , can land be most profitably cultivated ? Why , in the words of our agricultural ...
... hence it is , that new comers there so often find themselves deceived . " 75 CHAP . 8. - MAXIMS OF THE ANCIENTS ON AGRICULTURE . In what way , then , can land be most profitably cultivated ? Why , in the words of our agricultural ...
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... hence it is that the ancients were in the habit of saying , that it is the eye of the master that does more towards fertilizing a field than anything else . We shall give the rest of these precepts in their appropriate places ...
... hence it is that the ancients were in the habit of saying , that it is the eye of the master that does more towards fertilizing a field than anything else . We shall give the rest of these precepts in their appropriate places ...
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