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Side 5
... allowed them to follow their own will , and they left Alba and set out with some followers to find a place which would suit them . A spot was dis- covered amongst some hills , not very far from Alba , which they thought would do ; but ...
... allowed them to follow their own will , and they left Alba and set out with some followers to find a place which would suit them . A spot was dis- covered amongst some hills , not very far from Alba , which they thought would do ; but ...
Side 16
... allowed her son Servius Tullius to be brought up in the palace . One night , as this child was sleeping in his cradle , a bright flame was seen to flicker about his head . The persons who perceived it were very much frightened ; but ...
... allowed her son Servius Tullius to be brought up in the palace . One night , as this child was sleeping in his cradle , a bright flame was seen to flicker about his head . The persons who perceived it were very much frightened ; but ...
Side 18
... allowed the plebeians to have some land to cultivate for themselves , which formerly had been given only to the patricians . In every case , indeed , he seems to have wished to do what was just and right . All these things , however ...
... allowed the plebeians to have some land to cultivate for themselves , which formerly had been given only to the patricians . In every case , indeed , he seems to have wished to do what was just and right . All these things , however ...
Side 22
... allowed to head their troops ; still he did not quite know how to betray the city into his father's hands . He therefore sent a messenger secretly to Rome to ask the king's advice . Tarquin was walking in his garden when the man arrived ...
... allowed to head their troops ; still he did not quite know how to betray the city into his father's hands . He therefore sent a messenger secretly to Rome to ask the king's advice . Tarquin was walking in his garden when the man arrived ...
Side 26
... allowed to lodge in the eity . There they began to contrive plots for his return , and persuaded two of the sons of Brutus , and some nephews of Collatinus , to join with them . A slave overheard their plans as they were talking about ...
... allowed to lodge in the eity . There they began to contrive plots for his return , and persuaded two of the sons of Brutus , and some nephews of Collatinus , to join with them . A slave overheard their plans as they were talking about ...
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Side 195 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea, in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Side 56 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Side 7 - Sabine soldiery, she promised to betray the fort to them, if they would give her what they wore on their left arms ; whereupon, after having been admitted by her, they threw their shields on her, and crushed her.
Side 168 - Being at length entered the senate-house, where the conspirators were prepared to receive him, he met one Spurina, an augur, who had foretold his danger, to whom he said, smiling, " Well, " Spurina, the ides of March are come." " Yes," replied the augur,