Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... himself fo well in it , that he gained the love and admiration of all the Sicilians . Before he left Sicily , he made the tour of the island , to fee every thing that was curious , and especially the city of Sy- racufe ; where he ...
... himself fo well in it , that he gained the love and admiration of all the Sicilians . Before he left Sicily , he made the tour of the island , to fee every thing that was curious , and especially the city of Sy- racufe ; where he ...
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... himself against P. Servilius Rullus , one of the new tribunes , who had been alarm ing the fenate with the promulgation of an Agrarian law ; the purpose of which was to create a decemvi- rate , or ten commiffioners , with abfolute power ...
... himself against P. Servilius Rullus , one of the new tribunes , who had been alarm ing the fenate with the promulgation of an Agrarian law ; the purpose of which was to create a decemvi- rate , or ten commiffioners , with abfolute power ...
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... himself had contrived his late flight for the fake of fo glorious a restoration . Cicern . ing at his houfe in Rome . Irritated by this , Clodius formed a fcheme of revenge . This was to get himself chofen tribune , and in that office ...
... himself had contrived his late flight for the fake of fo glorious a restoration . Cicern . ing at his houfe in Rome . Irritated by this , Clodius formed a fcheme of revenge . This was to get himself chofen tribune , and in that office ...
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... himself to follow Pompey . He clearly forefaw , what he declared without fcruple to his friends , that which fide foever got the better , the war muft neceffarily end in a tyranny . The only dif- ference , he said , was , that if their ...
... himself to follow Pompey . He clearly forefaw , what he declared without fcruple to his friends , that which fide foever got the better , the war muft neceffarily end in a tyranny . The only dif- ference , he said , was , that if their ...
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... himself out of the reach of his enemies . There , finding a veffel ready , he prefently embarked ; but the winds being adverfe , and the fea uneafy to him , after he had failed about two leagues along the coaft , he was obliged to land ...
... himself out of the reach of his enemies . There , finding a veffel ready , he prefently embarked ; but the winds being adverfe , and the fea uneafy to him , after he had failed about two leagues along the coaft , he was obliged to land ...
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