Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 3Charles Knight, 1847 A collection of literature from over three hundred English authors. |
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... Roman people . would have displayed their attachment and authority , by lavishing on his head the names of senator or consul , of king or emperor ; he pre- ferred the ancient and modest appellation of tribune ; the protection of the ...
... Roman people . would have displayed their attachment and authority , by lavishing on his head the names of senator or consul , of king or emperor ; he pre- ferred the ancient and modest appellation of tribune ; the protection of the ...
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... Romans , i . 20 ) . Brutus was from his youth up a student of philosophy , and well versed in the systems of the ... Roman , but his grave should have been the battle - field , and the instrument should have been the hands of those ...
... Romans , i . 20 ) . Brutus was from his youth up a student of philosophy , and well versed in the systems of the ... Roman , but his grave should have been the battle - field , and the instrument should have been the hands of those ...
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... Roman mon- archy or the Empire was a natural birth . The French Empire was an abortion . The Roman Empire was the proper growth of the ages that had preceded it : they could produce nothing better . In a few years after the battle of ...
... Roman mon- archy or the Empire was a natural birth . The French Empire was an abortion . The Roman Empire was the proper growth of the ages that had preceded it : they could produce nothing better . In a few years after the battle of ...
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