The World Displayed: In Its History and Geography : Embracing a History of the World from the Creation to the Present Day ...H. Savage, 1841 |
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... senate to make laws , and see that they were executed ; this senate was composed of 30 members , the kings being of the number He next made an equal division of the lands , so that all the Spar- tans shared it fairly between them . When ...
... senate to make laws , and see that they were executed ; this senate was composed of 30 members , the kings being of the number He next made an equal division of the lands , so that all the Spar- tans shared it fairly between them . When ...
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... Senators , having reigned 37 years , and was succeeded , at the expiration of one year , by Numa Pompilius , a Sabine , the wisest and best of the Roman kings , 715 years B. C. scorn . § In the want of women , Romulus proposed ...
... Senators , having reigned 37 years , and was succeeded , at the expiration of one year , by Numa Pompilius , a Sabine , the wisest and best of the Roman kings , 715 years B. C. scorn . § In the want of women , Romulus proposed ...
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... senators opposed his encroachments , and at length , it is said , tore him to pieces in the senate house . When the throne was offered to Numa , he wished to decline it ; and it was not until his friends repeatedly urged him to accept ...
... senators opposed his encroachments , and at length , it is said , tore him to pieces in the senate house . When the throne was offered to Numa , he wished to decline it ; and it was not until his friends repeatedly urged him to accept ...
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... senate , disguised himself , and entered the tent of Porsenna . There he saw a man so richly drest that he thought he was the king , whom he contrived to kill , but it was only the king's secretary . While endeavouring to quit the camp ...
... senate , disguised himself , and entered the tent of Porsenna . There he saw a man so richly drest that he thought he was the king , whom he contrived to kill , but it was only the king's secretary . While endeavouring to quit the camp ...
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... senate consented to create five new magistrates , called tribunes , who were to be annually selected by the people . These were to be sacred ; their office was to defend the oppressed , pardon offenders , arraign the enemies of the peo ...
... senate consented to create five new magistrates , called tribunes , who were to be annually selected by the people . These were to be sacred ; their office was to defend the oppressed , pardon offenders , arraign the enemies of the peo ...
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