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... discovered and defeated ? Can there be none near them but friends ? Is it not plain from these words of Sempronius , ' Here , take these factious monsters , drag them fortb To sudden death ' — and from the entrance of the guards upon ...
... discovered and defeated ? Can there be none near them but friends ? Is it not plain from these words of Sempronius , ' Here , take these factious monsters , drag them fortb To sudden death ' — and from the entrance of the guards upon ...
Page 256
... discovered his birth , had an incessant desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and refused him admission into her house . One evening walking , as it was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he saw ...
... discovered his birth , had an incessant desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and refused him admission into her house . One evening walking , as it was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he saw ...
Page 324
... discovered the correspondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady determined to abide by her own choice , he supposed that separation might do what can rarely be done by arguments , and sent her into a foreign country ...
... discovered the correspondence between the two lovers , and finding the young lady determined to abide by her own choice , he supposed that separation might do what can rarely be done by arguments , and sent her into a foreign country ...
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