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the_o same_o time_n in_o relation_n to_o he_o 54._o the_o senate_n decree_n in_o that_o case_n 55._o euripus_n do_v not_o ebb_n and_o flow_v seven_o time_n a_o day_n xxviii_o 6._o excellence_n obnoxious_a to_o envy_n 59_o example_n shall_v make_v we_o wise_a xxxii_o 21._o execration_n of_o the_o athenian_n against_o k._n philip_n xxxi_o 44._o exile_v a_o capital_a punishment_n among_o the_o roman_n xxvi_o 3._o f._n fabii_n that_o family_n undertake_v the_o war_n against_o the_o veian_o on_o their_o particular_a account_n and_o three_o hundred_o and_o six_o of_o they_o all_o gentleman_n be_v at_o once_o slay_v but_o one_o lad_n of_o that_o name_n be_v leave_v two_o 50._o fabiae_fw-la the_o emulation_n of_o the_o two_o sister_n vi_o 34._o coeso_fw-la fabius_n the_o consul_n support_v the_o commonwealth_n which_o his_o colleague_n will_v have_v betray_v two_o 43._o m._n fabius_n the_o brother_n of_o coeso_n refuse_v a_o triumph_n and_o why_o 47._o c._n fabius_n dorso_n his_o strange_a 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gurges_n wherewith_o to_o make_v a_o feast_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n on_o such_o occasion_n xiii_o 28._o q._n fabius_n gurges_n rout_v by_o the_o samnite_n xi_o 1._o his_o father_n speech_n beg_v pardon_n for_o he_o in_o the_o senate_n 5._o he_o by_o his_o father_n help_n rout_v the_o samnite_n and_o triumph_n 10._o q._n fabius_n maximus_n the_o dictator_n create_v by_o the_o people_n xxii_o 8._o fear_n not_o the_o force_n but_o subtlety_n of_o annibal_n 12._o his_o delay_n be_v condemn_v both_o in_o the_o city_n and_o his_o own_o army_n 15._o he_o sell_v his_o farm_n which_o annibal_n have_v spare_v and_o with_o the_o money_n pay_v the_o ransom_n of_o the_o prisoner_n 23._o relieve_v minucius_n who_o will_v needs_o be_v make_v equal_a with_o he_o in_o authority_n when_o like_a to_o be_v cut_v off_o by_o the_o enemy_n 26._o who_o thereupon_o salute_v he_o by_o the_o title_n of_o father_n 30._o his_o speech_n to_o l._n aemilius_n the_o consul_n not_o rash_o to_o hazard_v a_o 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