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... give office and power to men who would not transgress , rather than have to condemn a transgressor . He lightened the exaction of corn and tribute by an equal distribution of the burden , while he got rid of those con- trivances for ...
... give office and power to men who would not transgress , rather than have to condemn a transgressor . He lightened the exaction of corn and tribute by an equal distribution of the burden , while he got rid of those con- trivances for ...
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... give the lying name of empire , and where they make a solitude they call it peace . 31 " Nature has willed that every man's children and kindred should be his dearest objects . Yet these are torn from us by conscriptions to be slaves ...
... give the lying name of empire , and where they make a solitude they call it peace . 31 " Nature has willed that every man's children and kindred should be his dearest objects . Yet these are torn from us by conscriptions to be slaves ...
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... give safety , provoke suspicion . Since then you cannot hope for quarter , take courage , I beseech you , whether it be safety or renown that you hold most precious . Under a woman's leadership the Brigantes were able to burn a colony ...
... give safety , provoke suspicion . Since then you cannot hope for quarter , take courage , I beseech you , whether it be safety or renown that you hold most precious . Under a woman's leadership the Brigantes were able to burn a colony ...
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... give thine Emperor full acquittal . As for me and thy daughter , besides all the bitterness of a father's loss , it increases our sorrow that it was not permitted us to watch over thy failing health , to comfort thy weakness , to ...
... give thine Emperor full acquittal . As for me and thy daughter , besides all the bitterness of a father's loss , it increases our sorrow that it was not permitted us to watch over thy failing health , to comfort thy weakness , to ...
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... give the Senators access to the Imperial registers with the view of ascer- taining what impeachments the several informers had proposed , and thereby calling them to account . The conscience of mankind ( conscientiam humani generis ) ...
... give the Senators access to the Imperial registers with the view of ascer- taining what impeachments the several informers had proposed , and thereby calling them to account . The conscience of mankind ( conscientiam humani generis ) ...
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