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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 28

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ted in this in-stance with thoughtless celerity— thus shall die whoever mayleap over my barriers.* With these words he gave Remus a mortal * The Potuocrium was not the actual wall, but a boundary line, held very sacred bythe Romans. It consisted of nothing but the clod turned inwards by the furrow,… … Remus jumping over the Walls. COMIC HISTORY OF HOME. [CHAP- I. blow, and the legend goes on to state, that Romulus was immediatelyseized with remorse, and subsequent visits from his brothers ghostrendered Romulus himself little better than the ghost of what he usedto be. Remus showed as much spirit…

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