The World of Man: Prose Passages, Chiefly from the Works of the Great Historians, Classical and EnglishThe University Press, 1933 - 313 páginas |
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... side and being charged herself on another , and that two , or sometimes more ships had perforce got entangled round one , obliging the helmsman to attend to defence here , offence there , not to one thing at once , but to many on all sides ...
... side and being charged herself on another , and that two , or sometimes more ships had perforce got entangled round one , obliging the helmsman to attend to defence here , offence there , not to one thing at once , but to many on all sides ...
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... side , had placed Agrippa in the left wing of his army , and had kept the right wing for himself . For the armies by land , Canidius was general of Antonius ' side , and Taurus of Cæsar's side : who kept their men in battell ray the one ...
... side , had placed Agrippa in the left wing of his army , and had kept the right wing for himself . For the armies by land , Canidius was general of Antonius ' side , and Taurus of Cæsar's side : who kept their men in battell ray the one ...
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... side , Antonius ' ships for their heaviness , could not have the strength and swiftness to make their blows of any force : and Cæsar's ships on the other side took great heed , not to rush and shock with the forecastles of Antonius ...
... side , Antonius ' ships for their heaviness , could not have the strength and swiftness to make their blows of any force : and Cæsar's ships on the other side took great heed , not to rush and shock with the forecastles of Antonius ...
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Praise of history | 3 |
Accident in history | 9 |
Sir Thomas Browne | 18 |
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