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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 174

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iciple togged, aawell as the substantive toggery. CHAP. XIV.] DEATH OF PYRRHUS. 145 intending to surprise the latter by sending, through a mountain pass,some troops and elephants. The idea of a short cut for these massivebrutes was absurd, and the unwieldy bulk of the elephants caused a suc-cession… … Discovery of the Head of Suuimauus. their extremely bulky luggage. Instead of completing their journey bynight, it was daylight before they had commenced their descent onCurius, who saw them at a distauce, and prepared a warm reception forthe elephants. He attacked them with burning arrows, and…

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