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Page 27
... never above sixty pair of combatants in a shew ; and Tiberius provided , by an order of the Senate , that no person should have privilege of gratifying the people with such an entertainment , unless he was worth four hundred thousand ...
... never above sixty pair of combatants in a shew ; and Tiberius provided , by an order of the Senate , that no person should have privilege of gratifying the people with such an entertainment , unless he was worth four hundred thousand ...
Page 28
... never have any mar- riages , and therefore children only own their mothers , not being able to guess at the father . Where women are looked on with such contempt , that they kill all the native women and purchase wives of their ...
... never have any mar- riages , and therefore children only own their mothers , not being able to guess at the father . Where women are looked on with such contempt , that they kill all the native women and purchase wives of their ...
Page 30
... never trod Nor dealt the fires fanatic tongues bestow , Nor smil'd concurrent to the sceptic's nod , But charm'd with nature's laws , Ador'd the great first cause , * Look'd grateful round the world , and bless'd its God ! Still as if ...
... never trod Nor dealt the fires fanatic tongues bestow , Nor smil'd concurrent to the sceptic's nod , But charm'd with nature's laws , Ador'd the great first cause , * Look'd grateful round the world , and bless'd its God ! Still as if ...
Page 37
... never be forgotten . " At the time he was Chief Magistrate , happened a great and general Famine , caused chiefly by unseasonable weather , and much increased by unfeeling ROGUES IN GRAIN , ' 60 that the poor were for- ced to fly to the ...
... never be forgotten . " At the time he was Chief Magistrate , happened a great and general Famine , caused chiefly by unseasonable weather , and much increased by unfeeling ROGUES IN GRAIN , ' 60 that the poor were for- ced to fly to the ...
Page 41
... never to have been in greater repute than at present ; and I believe it is pretty certain , that no one city at any period of time , ever supported so many conjurers at once , as there now flourish in London . The dangerous trick of ...
... never to have been in greater repute than at present ; and I believe it is pretty certain , that no one city at any period of time , ever supported so many conjurers at once , as there now flourish in London . The dangerous trick of ...
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