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... consuls , 10. Junius Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia , 11. Demosthenes to the Athenians , 12. Jupiter to the inferior deities , 13. Æneas to queen Dido , 44. Moloch to the infernal powers , 15. Speech of Belial , advising peace ...
... consuls , 10. Junius Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia , 11. Demosthenes to the Athenians , 12. Jupiter to the inferior deities , 13. Æneas to queen Dido , 44. Moloch to the infernal powers , 15. Speech of Belial , advising peace ...
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... consul stripped and betrayed , an army deserted and reduced to want , a province robbed , the civil and religious rights of a people violated . The em- ployment he held in Asia Minor and Pamphylia , what did w it produce but the ruin of ...
... consul stripped and betrayed , an army deserted and reduced to want , a province robbed , the civil and religious rights of a people violated . The em- ployment he held in Asia Minor and Pamphylia , what did w it produce but the ruin of ...
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... consul , by the unanimous consent of the Roman people ; he joined the candidates that opposed Milo , but in such a manner that he overruled them in every thing , had the sole managemeut of the election , and , as he often used to boast ...
... consul , by the unanimous consent of the Roman people ; he joined the candidates that opposed Milo , but in such a manner that he overruled them in every thing , had the sole managemeut of the election , and , as he often used to boast ...
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... consul when he perceived this , not only by the discourses , but by the votes of the Roman people , he began to throw off all disguise , and to declare openly that Milo must be killed . He often intimated this in the Senate , and ...
... consul when he perceived this , not only by the discourses , but by the votes of the Roman people , he began to throw off all disguise , and to declare openly that Milo must be killed . He often intimated this in the Senate , and ...
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... himself great advantages , from Milo's death . By Mil death , Ciodius would not only have gain- ed his point of being prætor , without that restraint which his adversary's power as consul , would have laid upon 288 [ PART T LESSONS.
... himself great advantages , from Milo's death . By Mil death , Ciodius would not only have gain- ed his point of being prætor , without that restraint which his adversary's power as consul , would have laid upon 288 [ PART T LESSONS.
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