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Title: The International library of famous literature : selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes and with introductions
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908
Subjects: Literature
Publisher: New York Merrill and Baker
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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that followed for some days after, both kept theRomans within their intrenchments, and withheld the enemyfrom attacking us. Meantime the Britons dispatched mes-sengers into all parts, to make known to their countrymen thesmall number of the Roman troops, and the favorable oppor-tunity they had of making immense spoils, and freeing theircountry forever from all future invasions, by storming theenemys camp. Having by this means got together a greatbody of infantry and cavalry, they drew towards our intrench-ments. Caesar, though he foresaw that the enemy, if beaten, wouldin the same manner as before escape the danger by flight, yet,having got about thirty horse, whom Comius, the Atrebatian,had brought over with him from Gaul, he drew up the legionsin order of battle before the camp, and falling on the Britons,who were not able to sustain the shock of our men, soon putthem to flight. The Romans, pursuing them as long as theirstrength would permit, made a terrible slaughter, and, setting
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< f DO I r. o ■§ 5 I J U LI Lb CESAR. fire to their fa id village! ■ great way round, returned to tin- ramp. The same day ambassadors came from the enemy feo I for pe . I sai doubled the Dumber of hostages In-had before imposed on them, and ordered them to be sent overto him into Gaul, because, the equinox coming on, and his shipsg Leaky, he thought it Dot prudent to put off his return tillwinter. A fair wind offering, he set sail a little after midnight,and arrived safe in Gaul. Two of his transports, not beingable to reach the same port with the rest, were driven into ahaven a little lower in the country. Only two of the British states sent hostages into Gaul, therest neglecting to perform the conditions of the treaty. ■s a thanksgiving of twenty days was decreed bythe Senate. JULIUS OESAR. By SHAKESPEARE. ACT I.Ccescw — Who is it in the press, that calls on me ? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry. Caesar: Speak; Caesar is turned to hear.Soothsayer — Bew

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