A New Universal Biography: Forming the first volume of seriesSherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... tion ; and the Britons , under their king Cynobelinus , were se- veral times overthrown . These successes soon after induced Claudius to go into Britain in person , under pretence that the natives were still seditious , and had not ...
... tion ; and the Britons , under their king Cynobelinus , were se- veral times overthrown . These successes soon after induced Claudius to go into Britain in person , under pretence that the natives were still seditious , and had not ...
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... tion , scarcely compatible with monarchical government , was first banished , and afterwards sentenced to death by the se- nate , a sentence which , it is said , was executed by the con- trivance of Mucianus , contrary to the orders of ...
... tion , scarcely compatible with monarchical government , was first banished , and afterwards sentenced to death by the se- nate , a sentence which , it is said , was executed by the con- trivance of Mucianus , contrary to the orders of ...
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... tion that she quitted it before light . The extacy of Eponia , when she first beheld the object of her tenderness , though existing as it were , in the jaws of a tomb , can only be conceived by those who have lost a husband to whom they ...
... tion that she quitted it before light . The extacy of Eponia , when she first beheld the object of her tenderness , though existing as it were , in the jaws of a tomb , can only be conceived by those who have lost a husband to whom they ...
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... tion , and enforced it with their tears . The voice of entreaty , however , pleaded in vain , before the throne of justice . Sabi- nus had openly aspired to the throne , and Vespasian remained inflexible to the prayers of Eponia , or ...
... tion , and enforced it with their tears . The voice of entreaty , however , pleaded in vain , before the throne of justice . Sabi- nus had openly aspired to the throne , and Vespasian remained inflexible to the prayers of Eponia , or ...
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... tion , he was suffocated in the flames . There happened also about this time a fire at Rome , which continued three days and nights successively , which was followed by a plague , in which ten thousand men were buried in a day . The ...
... tion , he was suffocated in the flames . There happened also about this time a fire at Rome , which continued three days and nights successively , which was followed by a plague , in which ten thousand men were buried in a day . The ...
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