Sir Thomas Browne's Hydriotaphia and The Garden of CyrusMacmillan, 1911 - 208 pages |
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... Cæsar , their friend and revenger on Pompey , frequented the place where his body was burnt 11 for many nights together 2. And as they raised noble monuments and mausoleums for their own nation , so they were not scrupulous in erecting ...
... Cæsar , their friend and revenger on Pompey , frequented the place where his body was burnt 11 for many nights together 2. And as they raised noble monuments and mausoleums for their own nation , so they were not scrupulous in erecting ...
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... Cæsar ; but his distance from these parts , and its gothick form of structure , abridgeth such antiquity . The British coins afford conjecture of early habitation in these parts , though the city of Norwich arose from the ruins of Venta ...
... Cæsar ; but his distance from these parts , and its gothick form of structure , abridgeth such antiquity . The British coins afford conjecture of early habitation in these parts , though the city of Norwich arose from the ruins of Venta ...
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... Cæsar , Claudius , Britannicus , Vespasian , Titus , Adrian , Severus , Commodus , Geta , and Caracalla . [ 11 ] A great obscurity herein , because no medal or emperor's coin enclosed , which might denote the date of their interments ...
... Cæsar , Claudius , Britannicus , Vespasian , Titus , Adrian , Severus , Commodus , Geta , and Caracalla . [ 11 ] A great obscurity herein , because no medal or emperor's coin enclosed , which might denote the date of their interments ...
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... Cæsar , Tacitus , Form of burial among and Strabo are silent . For the discovery the Ancient whereof , with other particulars , we much de- Britons . plore the loss of that letter which Cicero expected or received from his brother ...
... Cæsar , Tacitus , Form of burial among and Strabo are silent . For the discovery the Ancient whereof , with other particulars , we much de- Britons . plore the loss of that letter which Cicero expected or received from his brother ...
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... Cæsar expressly delivereth . Whether the Britons ( probably descended from them , of like religion , language , and manners ) did not sometimes make use of burning , or whether at least such as were after civilized unto the Roman life ...
... Cæsar expressly delivereth . Whether the Britons ( probably descended from them , of like religion , language , and manners ) did not sometimes make use of burning , or whether at least such as were after civilized unto the Roman life ...
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