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... hand the formidable pilum , a ponderous javelin , whose utmost length was about six feet , and which was terminated by a massy triangular point of steel of eighteen inches.46 This instrument was indeed much inferior to our modern fire ...
... hand the formidable pilum , a ponderous javelin , whose utmost length was about six feet , and which was terminated by a massy triangular point of steel of eighteen inches.46 This instrument was indeed much inferior to our modern fire ...
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... hand of the Danube , Temeswar and Transylvania have been annexed , after many revolutions , to the crown of Hun- gary ; whilst the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia acknowledge the supremacy of the Ottoman Porte . On the right hand ...
... hand of the Danube , Temeswar and Transylvania have been annexed , after many revolutions , to the crown of Hun- gary ; whilst the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia acknowledge the supremacy of the Ottoman Porte . On the right hand ...
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... hand of Commodus , and obliged to seal their flattery with their blood . " 1 He now His infamy disdained the ... hands , but that he would never behold the son of Marcus prostituting his person and dignity . Notwithstanding his manly ...
... hand of Commodus , and obliged to seal their flattery with their blood . " 1 He now His infamy disdained the ... hands , but that he would never behold the son of Marcus prostituting his person and dignity . Notwithstanding his manly ...
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A D | xxxvii |
Prefatory Note | xxxix |
Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Quarto Edition | xlv |
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