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to reason IV xxxv
Proof.—For whatsoever causes men to live together in harmony also causes them to live according to reason (IV. xxxv.), and is therefore (IV. xxvi.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

the Recognitions II xiii
The incident is found in both accounts, but more fully in the Homilies (I. xxv-xxx) than in the Recognitions (II. xiii-xv), for which reason the text of the former is followed.
— from Simon Magus An Essay on the Founder of Simonianism Based on the Ancient Sources With a Re-Evaluation of His Philosophy and Teachings by G. R. S. (George Robert Stow) Mead

the Romans I xii
56 Iberia, Iberians, a Christian people, side with the Romans, I. xii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius

the Romans I xviii
52 ff.; their infantry inefficient, I. xiv. 25 ; their bowmen quick, but inferior to those of the Romans, I. xviii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius

the Romans I xviii
45 ; some in alliance with the Romans, I. xviii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius

to return i xxxii
William Tell expected to return, i. xxxii.
— from The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

the Rubicon its Xerxes
How differently would history read without its Cæsar crossing the Rubicon, its Xerxes crossing the Hellespont, and its Washington crossing the Delaware, its Paul Revere wherried across the Charles, and its Burr and Hamilton ferried over to Weehawken,—not to speak of the Hebrews going over Jordan, Jacob at the brook Jabbok, and John the Baptist at the fords of Bethabara!
— from Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various

their religion I xix
33 ; Diocletian purposes to hold them in check by means of the Nobatae, I. xix. 30 ; their religion, I. xix. 35 , xix.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius

the Romans I xxii
5 ff.; make peace with the Romans, I. xxii.
— from History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War by Procopius


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