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Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 1290
Christ to the Gentiles; being the twelfthday; exclusive, from Christmas. (See Epiphany.) For thecustom^ peculiar to this day in England, see Brandes Pop-ular Antiquities,) TWELVE TABLES, LAWS OP THE. The celebratedlaws of the Roman republic, framed by the decemvirs .ap-pointed A.U.C. 303, on the… … TWILIGHT. • cond year of the decemvirate, and bore a more aristocraticstamp than the original ten (according to Cicero, the prohi-bition of marriages between patricians and plebians wasamong the number). The text of the Twelve Tables werepreserved down to.the latest age of Roman literature,…
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