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... , who died indeed of sickness , but after that Julianus had taken arms against him . The destruction of De- metrius , son to Philip the Second of Macedon , VOL III . F turned upon the father , who died of repentance : OF EMPIRE . 65.
... , who died indeed of sickness , but after that Julianus had taken arms against him . The destruction of De- metrius , son to Philip the Second of Macedon , VOL III . F turned upon the father , who died of repentance : OF EMPIRE . 65.
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... Macedon dreamed he sealed up his wife's belly ; whereby he did expound it , that his wife should be barren ; but Aristander the sooth- sayer told him his wife was with child , because men do not use to seal vessels that are empty . A ...
... Macedon dreamed he sealed up his wife's belly ; whereby he did expound it , that his wife should be barren ; but Aristander the sooth- sayer told him his wife was with child , because men do not use to seal vessels that are empty . A ...
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... Macedon , when he controlled him in his faculty , " God forbid your " fortune should be such as to know these things " better than I. " In taxing his ignorance in his art , he represented to him the perpetual greatness of his fortune ...
... Macedon , when he controlled him in his faculty , " God forbid your " fortune should be such as to know these things " better than I. " In taxing his ignorance in his art , he represented to him the perpetual greatness of his fortune ...
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... Macedon , which before was contemptible and low , began to come aloft when he died , was asked how he would be buried ? He answered , " With my face downwards ; for within a while the world will be " turned upside down , and then I ...
... Macedon , which before was contemptible and low , began to come aloft when he died , was asked how he would be buried ? He answered , " With my face downwards ; for within a while the world will be " turned upside down , and then I ...
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... Macedonian habit of black ; Alexander said , " Yea , but Antipater is all " purple within . " 102. Constantine the ... Macedon was wished to banish one for speaking ill of him . But Philip answered ; " Better he speak where we are both ...
... Macedonian habit of black ; Alexander said , " Yea , but Antipater is all " purple within . " 102. Constantine the ... Macedon was wished to banish one for speaking ill of him . But Philip answered ; " Better he speak where we are both ...
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