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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 230

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he spot where the ship was in waiting; and, aftera difficult passage, by land as well as by sea, he arrived at the Courtof Antiochus. True to his infantine oath, Hannibal did his utmost to excite hostilityagainst the Romans ; and asked Antiochus to lend him a trifle, in theshape of 10,000 men, as… … Hannibal leads tbe Ambassadors rather a fatiguing Walk round Carthage. required as playthings for himself; and he was uot long in making useof them. The Greeks, being unable to appreciate the sort of independencethey had received at tbe hands of Rome, sent an invitation to Antioehus;for it is the…

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