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B04635 One story is good till the other is told. A Roman story told by Dick to Tom on a winters night concerning the ingratitude of the Romans to Julius Cæsar, that famous emperor who fell a sacrifice to the malice of some persons whom he had rais'd to great honours and preferment. 1689 (1689) Wing O336AB; ESTC R203073 3,218 4

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