Rienzi, the last of the tribunes, by the author of 'Eugene Aram'. by sir E. Bulwer Lytton

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Página 271 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans ; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness : they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Página 119 - In this time (says the historian) the woods began to rejoice that they were no longer infested with robbers; the oxen began to plough; the pilgrims visited the sanctuaries; the roads and inns were replenished with travellers ; trade, plenty, and good faith were restored in the markets; and a purse of gold might be exposed without danger in the midst of the highway.
Página 175 - Three times before that fortress shall my trumpets sound ; if at the third blast ye come not, armed as befits ye, — I say not all, but three, but two but one hundred of ye, — I break up my wand of office, and the world shall say one hundred and fifty robbers quelled the soul of Rome, and crushed her magistrate and her laws !

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