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... killed Numitor's sons , and obliged his daughter , who was called Rhea Silvia , to be a vestal virgin . Vestal virgins were women whose duty it was to attend to the religious services in the temple of Vesta , one of the heathen ...
... killed Numitor's sons , and obliged his daughter , who was called Rhea Silvia , to be a vestal virgin . Vestal virgins were women whose duty it was to attend to the religious services in the temple of Vesta , one of the heathen ...
Side 5
... killed him . Numitor was then proclaimed king again . Romulus and Remus were not contented to live quietly at Alba after this ; they had a great wish to build a city for themselves . Their grandfather allowed them to follow their own ...
... killed him . Numitor was then proclaimed king again . Romulus and Remus were not contented to live quietly at Alba after this ; they had a great wish to build a city for themselves . Their grandfather allowed them to follow their own ...
Side 8
... killed , if the Sabine women , who had been carried away and married to the Romans , had not determined to try and prevent any more fighting . We can easily understand why they should have wished to make peace , for whichever side ...
... killed , if the Sabine women , who had been carried away and married to the Romans , had not determined to try and prevent any more fighting . We can easily understand why they should have wished to make peace , for whichever side ...
Side 12
... killed , the other knew that he could not defend himself much longer ; so he pretended to run away . The Curiatii fol- lowed him ; but because they were wounded , they could not go very fast , and were not able to keep together ; and ...
... killed , the other knew that he could not defend himself much longer ; so he pretended to run away . The Curiatii fol- lowed him ; but because they were wounded , they could not go very fast , and were not able to keep together ; and ...
Side 13
... killed because the gods were angry with him . We are not told where he was buried , and it is supposed that no honours were paid him at his death . This was a great mark of disrespect amongst all nations ; as we read in the Bible , of ...
... killed because the gods were angry with him . We are not told where he was buried , and it is supposed that no honours were paid him at his death . This was a great mark of disrespect amongst all nations ; as we read in the Bible , of ...
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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,