The Mirror of History, Or, Lives of the Men of Great Eras, from Julius Caesar to William the ConquerorR. Baldwin, 1851 - 303 páginas |
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... never bestowed , but for saving the life of a citizen , and killing at the same time an enemy . 5. In the earlier part of his life he had been exposed to great perils . When about seventeen years old , he was with some difficulty ...
... never bestowed , but for saving the life of a citizen , and killing at the same time an enemy . 5. In the earlier part of his life he had been exposed to great perils . When about seventeen years old , he was with some difficulty ...
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... never stirred from home , but only endeavoured to obstruct the proceed- ings of Cæsar by proclamations . Cæsar had therefore the sole management of public affairs . Hence some of the wits of his day , when they signed writings as ...
... never stirred from home , but only endeavoured to obstruct the proceed- ings of Cæsar by proclamations . Cæsar had therefore the sole management of public affairs . Hence some of the wits of his day , when they signed writings as ...
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... never been a military hero . His orations were so much admired , that it is said he spoke with the same force as he fought . Among the great writers of this period , Varro may be mentioned , as a grammarian of the most extensive ...
... never been a military hero . His orations were so much admired , that it is said he spoke with the same force as he fought . Among the great writers of this period , Varro may be mentioned , as a grammarian of the most extensive ...
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... never more assemble on that day . Scarcely any of those who were accessory to his murder survived him more than three years , or died a natural death . They were all condemned by the senate ; some were taken off by one accident , some ...
... never more assemble on that day . Scarcely any of those who were accessory to his murder survived him more than three years , or died a natural death . They were all condemned by the senate ; some were taken off by one accident , some ...
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... to Pompey , whom they never forgave for having treated their temple at Jerusalem with some indignities , at the time he made himself master of the city . SUMMARY OF ERA THE FIRST . 1. The age of 24 MIRROR OF HISTORY .
... to Pompey , whom they never forgave for having treated their temple at Jerusalem with some indignities , at the time he made himself master of the city . SUMMARY OF ERA THE FIRST . 1. The age of 24 MIRROR OF HISTORY .
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