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... arms unstain'd with civil blood ; 55 The spirit and alacrity with which the volunteers of Ireland took up arms in the year 1778 , are unexampled , but by the wisdom and mo- ' deration with which they laid them down after the ...
... arms unstain'd with civil blood ; 55 The spirit and alacrity with which the volunteers of Ireland took up arms in the year 1778 , are unexampled , but by the wisdom and mo- ' deration with which they laid them down after the ...
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... against human nature at large ; and virtue , no less than good policy , must put arms into the hands of all civilized nations to oppose them . C Alone Alone she mourn'd her once unrivall❜d weal , Nor claim'd ROMAN PORTRAITS . 9.
... against human nature at large ; and virtue , no less than good policy , must put arms into the hands of all civilized nations to oppose them . C Alone Alone she mourn'd her once unrivall❜d weal , Nor claim'd ROMAN PORTRAITS . 9.
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... inter patres plebemque flagrabat odio , maxime propter nexos ob æs alienum . Liv . 1. ii . c . 23 . His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The 1 His 20 ROMAN PORTRAITS . Yet, with the names of different orders known, ...
... inter patres plebemque flagrabat odio , maxime propter nexos ob æs alienum . Liv . 1. ii . c . 23 . His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The 1 His 20 ROMAN PORTRAITS . Yet, with the names of different orders known, ...
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With Historical Remarks and Illustrations Robert Jephson. His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The vain distinctions of usurping pride ; Till in the pompous magistrate he saw The insult only , and forgot the awe . Power which to ...
With Historical Remarks and Illustrations Robert Jephson. His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The vain distinctions of usurping pride ; Till in the pompous magistrate he saw The insult only , and forgot the awe . Power which to ...
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... 'd arms , 305 310 * Damnatus absens in Volscos abiit , minitans patriæ , hostilesque jam tum spiritus gerens . Liv . l . ii . c . 35 . Touch'd Touch'd every spring where social pity lay , And bade 22 ROMAN PORTRAITS .
... 'd arms , 305 310 * Damnatus absens in Volscos abiit , minitans patriæ , hostilesque jam tum spiritus gerens . Liv . l . ii . c . 35 . Touch'd Touch'd every spring where social pity lay , And bade 22 ROMAN PORTRAITS .
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