Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix ... |
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... Micipsa , my father , on his death - bed , left in charge to Jugurtha , his adopted son conjunctly with my unfortunate brother Hiempsal , and myself , the children of his own body , the administra- tion of the kingdom of Numidia ...
... Micipsa , my father , on his death - bed , left in charge to Jugurtha , his adopted son conjunctly with my unfortunate brother Hiempsal , and myself , the children of his own body , the administra- tion of the kingdom of Numidia ...
Page 293
... Micipsa is this the consequence of your generosi- ty ; that he whom your goodness raised to an equality with your own children , should be the murderer of your children ? Must , then , the royal house of Numidia always be a scene of ...
... Micipsa is this the consequence of your generosi- ty ; that he whom your goodness raised to an equality with your own children , should be the murderer of your children ? Must , then , the royal house of Numidia always be a scene of ...
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... Micipsa's family ? But , as things are , my brother is not so much deprived of these comforts , as delivered from terror , from flight , from exile , id the endless train of miseries which render life to me a burden . He lies full low ...
... Micipsa's family ? But , as things are , my brother is not so much deprived of these comforts , as delivered from terror , from flight , from exile , id the endless train of miseries which render life to me a burden . He lies full low ...
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