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... fall . Everywhere the Germans press on them ; the foe disputes every step of the ground on which he stands - every ... falls on the petrified ranks of the despairing Romans . The cry of " Freedom , freedom ! " sounds like thunder from ...
... fall . Everywhere the Germans press on them ; the foe disputes every step of the ground on which he stands - every ... falls on the petrified ranks of the despairing Romans . The cry of " Freedom , freedom ! " sounds like thunder from ...
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... fall the remark , which has , unhappily , been amply verified at every period of history , - " The power of the Germans will be more surely broken by their own dissensions than by foreign arms . " The faithful Thusnelda , who was never ...
... fall the remark , which has , unhappily , been amply verified at every period of history , - " The power of the Germans will be more surely broken by their own dissensions than by foreign arms . " The faithful Thusnelda , who was never ...
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... fall into the hands of the emperor and his mercenaries . The more friendly Tiberius was , the more people needed to be on their guard . He cared for no one in the world except himself , not even for his mother , who had done so much for ...
... fall into the hands of the emperor and his mercenaries . The more friendly Tiberius was , the more people needed to be on their guard . He cared for no one in the world except himself , not even for his mother , who had done so much for ...
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... fall , was ever busy . But at length the people became disgusted with the cruel tyrant . Julius Vindex , commander of the Roman legions in Gaul , publicly denounced the bloody government of Nero , and pro- claimed Sergius Galba , the ...
... fall , was ever busy . But at length the people became disgusted with the cruel tyrant . Julius Vindex , commander of the Roman legions in Gaul , publicly denounced the bloody government of Nero , and pro- claimed Sergius Galba , the ...
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... falling so thickly that it was feared that the house - door would be blocked up . The earth began to quake more and more ; every moment they feared that the house would fall in , and yet they dared not leave it on account of the burning ...
... falling so thickly that it was feared that the house - door would be blocked up . The earth began to quake more and more ; every moment they feared that the house would fall in , and yet they dared not leave it on account of the burning ...
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