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Page 76
... winter and summer . He was carried all over the island in a close chair , by reason of his infirmities , and made a treaty with the inhabitants , by which he obliged them to relinquish part of their country to him . In the meantime the ...
... winter and summer . He was carried all over the island in a close chair , by reason of his infirmities , and made a treaty with the inhabitants , by which he obliged them to relinquish part of their country to him . In the meantime the ...
Page 78
... winter at Paris , and who was distracted by various anxieties , was afraid to go and succour those beyond the seas , lest he should be leaving Gaul without a ruler , especially when the Germans were roused to cruel wars . It seemed good ...
... winter at Paris , and who was distracted by various anxieties , was afraid to go and succour those beyond the seas , lest he should be leaving Gaul without a ruler , especially when the Germans were roused to cruel wars . It seemed good ...
Page 79
... winter ; and , having collected transports and embarked all his troops , arrived at Richborough and made straight for London . Ex Lib . XXVII . Valentinian ( A.D. 380 ) having departed from Amboise and hasting to Treves is met with the ...
... winter ; and , having collected transports and embarked all his troops , arrived at Richborough and made straight for London . Ex Lib . XXVII . Valentinian ( A.D. 380 ) having departed from Amboise and hasting to Treves is met with the ...
Page 93
... winter . Sub b : esse noctem , etc. = that , about the winter solstice , there is night for thirty days running . Bubulus , a , um — belonging to cattle . Bustum - n . 2 , tomb . C. Cado , cecidi , casum - 3 , fall , set , be killed ...
... winter . Sub b : esse noctem , etc. = that , about the winter solstice , there is night for thirty days running . Bubulus , a , um — belonging to cattle . Bustum - n . 2 , tomb . C. Cado , cecidi , casum - 3 , fall , set , be killed ...
Page 104
... winter camp to , etc. Devoveo , ovi , otum - 2 , devote to death . Dico , avi , atum - 1 , relate , appoint , publish , also dedicate . Dico , xi , ctum - 3 say , set forth . Dictator , oris - m . dictator . Dictum - n . 2 , a saying ...
... winter camp to , etc. Devoveo , ovi , otum - 2 , devote to death . Dico , avi , atum - 1 , relate , appoint , publish , also dedicate . Dico , xi , ctum - 3 say , set forth . Dictator , oris - m . dictator . Dictum - n . 2 , a saying ...
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