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Page 240
... foot being wet almost to the arm - holes : which , together with the want of food , did so enfeeble and cool their courages , as they wanted force to handle the arms they bare . Strong they were in foot , as well of their own Nation ...
... foot being wet almost to the arm - holes : which , together with the want of food , did so enfeeble and cool their courages , as they wanted force to handle the arms they bare . Strong they were in foot , as well of their own Nation ...
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... foot in distress . When Hannibal ( for he was near at hand ) perceived this , and understood that the Consul had willed his horsemen to dismount ; He was very glad of it , and pleasantly said , I had rather he would have delivered them ...
... foot in distress . When Hannibal ( for he was near at hand ) perceived this , and understood that the Consul had willed his horsemen to dismount ; He was very glad of it , and pleasantly said , I had rather he would have delivered them ...
Page 248
... foot , save two or three thousand who ( as Livy saith ) escaped into the lesser camp ; whence , the same night , about six hundred of them brake forth , and joining with such of those in the greater camp , as were willing to try their ...
... foot , save two or three thousand who ( as Livy saith ) escaped into the lesser camp ; whence , the same night , about six hundred of them brake forth , and joining with such of those in the greater camp , as were willing to try their ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Metrical translations from the History of | 21 |
A farewell to false Love | 27 |
Copyright | |
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