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" Metella sickened and died. As the priests forbade him to approach her, and to have his house defiled with mourning, he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another house while the breath was in her body. "
Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne - Page 251
by Plutarchus - 1819
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Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes ..., Volume 3

Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne - 1794 - 406 pages
...died. As the priefts forbad him to approach her, and to have his houfe defiled with mourning, he fent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another houfe while the breath was in her body. His fuperftition made him very punctilious in obferving thefe...
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Plutarch's Lives,

Plutarch - 1804 - 410 pages
...died. As the priefts forbade him to approach her, and to have his houfe defiled with mourning, he fent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another houfe while the breath was in her body. His fuperftition made him very punctilious in obferving thefe...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4

Plutarch - 1816 - 360 pages
...provisions were so over-abundant, that a large quantity was daily thrown into the river ; and the wine lha.t was drunk, was at least forty years old. In the midst...sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carired to another house, while the breath was still in her body. His superstition made him very punctilious...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4

Plutarch - 1821 - 332 pages
...quantity was thrown every day into the river ; and the wine that was drank, was forty years old at least. In the midst of this feasting, which lasted many days,...mourning, he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered herto be carried to another house while the breath was in her body. His superstition made him very...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2

Plutarch - 1822 - 504 pages
...quantity was thrown every day into the river; and the wine that was drunk, was forty years old at least. In the midst of this feasting, which lasted many days,...forbade him to approach her, and to have his house denied with mourning, he sent her a bill ol divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another house...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3

Plutarch - 1823 - 448 pages
...quantity was thrown every day into the river ; and the wine that was drank, was forty years old at least. In the midst of this feasting,, which lasted many...to be carried to another house while the breath was in her body. His superstition made him very punctilious in observing these laws of the priests ; but...
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De Catilinae Conjuratione Belloque Jugurthino Historiae

Sallust - 1829 - 408 pages
...entertainment to the people. In the midst of this feasting, which lasted many days, his fourth wife, Metella, sickened and died. As the priests forbade him to approach her, and to have his house denied with mourning, (an artifice, probably, of his own,) he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered...
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Sallust, tr. by W. Rose with improvements and notes

Gaius Sallustius Crispus - 1830 - 216 pages
...was thrown, every day, into the river ; and the wine, that was drunk, was forty years old, at least. In the midst of this feasting, which lasted many days,...be carried to another house, while the breath was in her body ; his superstition making him very punctilious in observing these laws of the priests.'...
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C. Crispi Sallustii De Catilinae conjuratione Belloque Jugurthino historiae

Sallust - 1830 - 416 pages
...entertainment to the people. In the midst of this feasting, which lasted many days, his fourth wife, Metella. sickened and died. As the priests forbade...her, and to have his house defiled with mourning, (an artifice, probably, of his own,) he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to...
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De Catilinae Conjuratione Belloque Jugurthino Historiae

Sallust - 1831 - 410 pages
...entertainment to the people. In the midst of this feasting, which lasted many days, his fourth jufe, Metella, sickened and died. As the priests forbade...her, and to have his house defiled with mourning, (an artifice, probably, of his own,) he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to...
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