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But Tarquin proudly replied he would admit no judge, much less Porsenna, that had fallen away from his engagements; and Porsenna, resenting this answer, and mistrusting the equity of his cause, moved also by the solicitations of his son Aruns, who was earnest for the Roman interest, made a peace on these conditions, that they should resign the land they had taken from the Tuscans, and restore all prisoners and receive back their deserters.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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He that first brought wine among them and was the chief instigator of their coming into Italy is said to have been one Aruns, a Tuscan, a man of noble extraction, and not of bad natural character, but involved in the following misfortune.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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When they came into action, Aruns, the son of Tarquin, and Brutus, the
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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From his childhood he had been bred up with Aruns in his family and when now grown up did not leave his house, professing to wish for the enjoyment of his society.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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His two wards, Lutius Tarquinius and Aruns, were now old enough to be capable of disturbing his government.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux
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And Aruns of Volsinium, who slew the great wild boar,
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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She loudly lamented her fate, in being tied to such an indolent, stupid husband; and being very much like Tarquin she soon began to love him a great deal better than her own husband, and, at last, proposed to him that he should murder her father and sister, together with the gentle Aruns, that they might ascend the throne together.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux
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Herminius smote down Aruns: Lartius laid Ocnus low:
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Aruns, the son of Tarquin, the citizens were inconsolable for his loss.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux
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Tarquin's wife endeavoured, by every winning way of sweetness and insinuation, to soften the haughty fierceness of her husband's temper; whilst her sister was always urging the quiet, good - natured Aruns, to the most wicked attempts, in order to reach the throne.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux
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