The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, 7. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... desirous of banishing had done him an injury . " Not in the least , " answered the peasant , " but it mortifies me exceedingly to hear him continually called the Just . " Aristides , without making any reply , took the shell , wrote his ...
... desirous of banishing had done him an injury . " Not in the least , " answered the peasant , " but it mortifies me exceedingly to hear him continually called the Just . " Aristides , without making any reply , took the shell , wrote his ...
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... desirous of repressing . They frequently wearied his patience without ever abating his courage , and it was only at the end of a sanguinary but honourable war , on the part of the monarchy , of three and thirty years , that he was able ...
... desirous of repressing . They frequently wearied his patience without ever abating his courage , and it was only at the end of a sanguinary but honourable war , on the part of the monarchy , of three and thirty years , that he was able ...
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... desirous of reigning under his name . The murderers of Caligula experienced the resent- ment of the new emperor . He had not sufficient magnanimity to forbear punishing those persons who had destroyed the tyrant . Their death was ...
... desirous of reigning under his name . The murderers of Caligula experienced the resent- ment of the new emperor . He had not sufficient magnanimity to forbear punishing those persons who had destroyed the tyrant . Their death was ...
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... desirous of ascertaining the number of its inhabitants . He ordered them to be numbered , and that they should add to the list the citizens spread over the whole empire . Their number amounted to six millions nine hundred and sixty ...
... desirous of ascertaining the number of its inhabitants . He ordered them to be numbered , and that they should add to the list the citizens spread over the whole empire . Their number amounted to six millions nine hundred and sixty ...
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... desirous of imitating his brother , and Rome imagined she had no more Neros to fear ; but his vices very shortly evinced that he was heir to the most wicked of empe- rors . Cruel , depraved , incestuous , and reviving the folly of ...
... desirous of imitating his brother , and Rome imagined she had no more Neros to fear ; but his vices very shortly evinced that he was heir to the most wicked of empe- rors . Cruel , depraved , incestuous , and reviving the folly of ...
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