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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 132

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OHAP. X.] MARCUS VALERIUS, 105 The Gauls retreated for a while, but having subsequently joined theVolscii, they got into the Pontine Marshes, and resolved to go throughthick and thin for the purpose of attacking the Romans. Again agiant appeared in the Gallic ranks, where, it would seem, a giant was … Terrific Combat between Titus ManliuB and a Gaul of gigantic stature. always to be found,—an appendage indicating less of the brave than ofthe fair in the composition of the Gallic army. Again a young Romanwas ready to meet an opponent twice his size; and Marcus Valeriusdeclared that if the giant…

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