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... laws and customs , and mostly educated in the same manner , must have among them some strong and common features of resemblance . Without departing from the authority of ancient historians and biographers , who seem to me to be the best ...
... laws and customs , and mostly educated in the same manner , must have among them some strong and common features of resemblance . Without departing from the authority of ancient historians and biographers , who seem to me to be the best ...
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... LAWS . GLADIATORS . 25 . ROMAN SOLDIERS , STIPENDIAries at Veii . 32 . PLEBEIANS ADMITTED TO THE CONSULSHIP . 34 . ROMAN LEGION . 40 . HANNIBAL . 43 . P. C. SCIPIO AFRICANUS , THE ELDER . 47 . CHANGE OF ROMAN MANNERS AFTER THE ...
... LAWS . GLADIATORS . 25 . ROMAN SOLDIERS , STIPENDIAries at Veii . 32 . PLEBEIANS ADMITTED TO THE CONSULSHIP . 34 . ROMAN LEGION . 40 . HANNIBAL . 43 . P. C. SCIPIO AFRICANUS , THE ELDER . 47 . CHANGE OF ROMAN MANNERS AFTER THE ...
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... law to snare the straining eye , * Thou by renew'd examples , broad and clear , As empires rise , decline , and disappear , I Versiculi , imperante mox eo [ Caligulâ ] , divulgati , apud hybernas legiones procreatum indicant : 2 In ...
... law to snare the straining eye , * Thou by renew'd examples , broad and clear , As empires rise , decline , and disappear , I Versiculi , imperante mox eo [ Caligulâ ] , divulgati , apud hybernas legiones procreatum indicant : 2 In ...
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... laws ; Strangles heaven's bounty , and converts to woe 165 The plenteous source whence joy and life should flow : As ... law ! where reason must confess The sanction , 12 ROMAN PORTRAITS .
... laws ; Strangles heaven's bounty , and converts to woe 165 The plenteous source whence joy and life should flow : As ... law ! where reason must confess The sanction , 12 ROMAN PORTRAITS .
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With Historical Remarks and Illustrations Robert Jephson. Inhuman law ! where reason must confess The sanction , not the breach , was wickedness . " The maid , thus torn from the best joys of life , Denied to charm , a mistress , or a ...
With Historical Remarks and Illustrations Robert Jephson. Inhuman law ! where reason must confess The sanction , not the breach , was wickedness . " The maid , thus torn from the best joys of life , Denied to charm , a mistress , or a ...
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