Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting such figures of speech as most frequently occur in the best writings, etcAuthor, 1820 - 76 pages |
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... Roman ear ! -O sacred privilege of Roman citi- zenship ! -once sacred ! -now trampled upon ! -But what then ! -Is it come to this ? -Shall an inferior magistrate , -a governor , -who holds his whole power of the Roman ... Roman citizen in 49.
... Roman ear ! -O sacred privilege of Roman citi- zenship ! -once sacred ! -now trampled upon ! -But what then ! -Is it come to this ? -Shall an inferior magistrate , -a governor , -who holds his whole power of the Roman ... Roman citizen in 49.
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Charles Richson. It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in bonds ; -it is the height of guilt to scourge him ; little less than paracide to put him to death : 3 - what name then shall I give to the acts of crucifying him . * After we have ...
Charles Richson. It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in bonds ; -it is the height of guilt to scourge him ; little less than paracide to put him to death : 3 - what name then shall I give to the acts of crucifying him . * After we have ...
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... citizens have , like slaves , been put to death with tortures . The most atrocious ... Roman greatness , the statues of heroes and princes , have been carried off ... citizen of Rome ! " which has often , in the most distant regions , and ...
... citizens have , like slaves , been put to death with tortures . The most atrocious ... Roman greatness , the statues of heroes and princes , have been carried off ... citizen of Rome ! " which has often , in the most distant regions , and ...
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... Roman citizen publicly mangled with scourg- ing ; whilst the only words he uttered , amidst his cruel sufferings , were , " I am a Roman citi- zen ; " With these he hoped to defend himself from violence and infamy . But of so little ser ...
... Roman citizen publicly mangled with scourg- ing ; whilst the only words he uttered , amidst his cruel sufferings , were , " I am a Roman citi- zen ; " With these he hoped to defend himself from violence and infamy . But of so little ser ...
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... Roman citizen ? Shall neither the cries of in- nocence expiring in agony , nor the tears of pitying spectators , nor the majesty of the Ro- man commonwealth , nor the fear of the justice of his country , restrain the licentious and wan ...
... Roman citizen ? Shall neither the cries of in- nocence expiring in agony , nor the tears of pitying spectators , nor the majesty of the Ro- man commonwealth , nor the fear of the justice of his country , restrain the licentious and wan ...
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