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... Gauls . It is certain that the oldest annals of the commonwealth were compiled more than a century and a half after this destruction of the records . It is certain , therefore , that the great Latin writers of the Augustan age did not ...
... Gauls . It is certain that the oldest annals of the commonwealth were compiled more than a century and a half after this destruction of the records . It is certain , therefore , that the great Latin writers of the Augustan age did not ...
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... the draining of the Alban lake , the combat between Valerius Corvus and the gigantic Gaul , are among the many instances which will at once suggest themselves to every reader . In the narrative of Livy , who was a man PREFACE . 7.
... the draining of the Alban lake , the combat between Valerius Corvus and the gigantic Gaul , are among the many instances which will at once suggest themselves to every reader . In the narrative of Livy , who was a man PREFACE . 7.
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... Gauls were commemorated in the verses of Bards . During many ages , and through many revolutions , minstrelsy retained its influence over both the Teutonic and the Celtic race . The vengeance exacted by the spouse of Attila for the ...
... Gauls were commemorated in the verses of Bards . During many ages , and through many revolutions , minstrelsy retained its influence over both the Teutonic and the Celtic race . The vengeance exacted by the spouse of Attila for the ...
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... Gaul . * Οἱ δὲ ἀνδρωθέντες γίνονται , κατά τε ἀξίωσιν μορφῆς καὶ φρονήματος ὄγκον , οὐ συοφορε τοῖς καὶ βουκόλοις ἐοικότες , ἀλλ ̓ οἵους ἄν τις ἀξιώσειε τοὺς ἐκ βασιλείου τε φύντας γένους , καὶ ἀπὸ δαιμόνων σπορᾶς γενέσθαι νομιζομένους ...
... Gaul . * Οἱ δὲ ἀνδρωθέντες γίνονται , κατά τε ἀξίωσιν μορφῆς καὶ φρονήματος ὄγκον , οὐ συοφορε τοῖς καὶ βουκόλοις ἐοικότες , ἀλλ ̓ οἵους ἄν τις ἀξιώσειε τοὺς ἐκ βασιλείου τε φύντας γένους , καὶ ἀπὸ δαιμόνων σπορᾶς γενέσθαι νομιζομένους ...
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... Gauls . The author seems to have been an honest citizen , proud of the military glory of his country , sick of the disputes of factions , and much given to pining after good old times which had never really existed . The allusion ...
... Gauls . The author seems to have been an honest citizen , proud of the military glory of his country , sick of the disputes of factions , and much given to pining after good old times which had never really existed . The allusion ...
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