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... senate - house , consecrated by Pompey , whilst a crowd of other birds were seen to hang upon its flight in close pursuit . What might be the object of the chase , whether the little king himself , or a sprig of laurel which he bore in ...
... senate - house , consecrated by Pompey , whilst a crowd of other birds were seen to hang upon its flight in close pursuit . What might be the object of the chase , whether the little king himself , or a sprig of laurel which he bore in ...
Side 34
... senate on the approaching Ides of March , it is very little to be doubted that it had a considerable effect upon his feelings , and that , in fact , his own dream grew out of the impression which it had made . This way of linking the ...
... senate on the approaching Ides of March , it is very little to be doubted that it had a considerable effect upon his feelings , and that , in fact , his own dream grew out of the impression which it had made . This way of linking the ...
Side 53
... senator downwards to the lowest fax Romuli , he had a hired body of dependents , both in and out of Rome , equal in numbers to a nation . In the provinces , and in distant kingdoms , he pursued the same schemes . Every where he had a ...
... senator downwards to the lowest fax Romuli , he had a hired body of dependents , both in and out of Rome , equal in numbers to a nation . In the provinces , and in distant kingdoms , he pursued the same schemes . Every where he had a ...
Side 54
... knowledge of this fact ; in which case we may be sure that it would have been denounced to the senate . Such , then , for its purpose and its uniform motive , was the sagacious munificence of Cæsar . Apart from this 51 THE CÆSARS .
... knowledge of this fact ; in which case we may be sure that it would have been denounced to the senate . Such , then , for its purpose and its uniform motive , was the sagacious munificence of Cæsar . Apart from this 51 THE CÆSARS .
Side 56
... senators , and others of the highest rank , were trampled to death in the crowds . And the whole family of man seemed at that time gathered together at the bidding of the great Dictator . But these , or any other themes connected with ...
... senators , and others of the highest rank , were trampled to death in the crowds . And the whole family of man seemed at that time gathered together at the bidding of the great Dictator . But these , or any other themes connected with ...
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