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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 118

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er volley of crust satisfied them that bread was coming down again ; and not wishing to get their heads broken with the staffof life, which they fancied must be very plentiful in Rome, they offered • These geese were sacred to Juno, who was the goddess of marriage; but we cannotsay whether the… … The Citadel Saved by the cackling of the Geese. weights, hut it is difficult to say what weight ought to be given to theaccusation. The story goes on to say that the Gallic king, on beingremonstrated with for his dishonesty, cut dissension short with hissword, and throwing it into the scale with a…

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