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 1 3 |          intended to do honour to Agricola, my father-in-law, will,
 2 4 |                   4 Cnaeus Julius Agricola was born at the ancient
 3 7 |        the occasion of the crime. Agricola, who instantly set out to
 4 7 |      opportunities of indulgence. Agricola, having been sent by Mucianus
 5 7 |          supersede and to punish, Agricola, with a singular moderation,
 6 8 |          so turbulent a province. Agricola moderated his energy and
 7 8 |          rank, Petilius Cerialis. Agricola’s merits had now room for
 8 8 |        enhance his own renown did Agricola boast of his exploits; he
 9 9 |     refinements of the forum. Yet Agricola, from his natural good sense,
10 18|    vicissitudes of the war, which Agricola found on his crossing over
11 18|         Ordovices, shortly before Agricola’s arrival, had destroyed
12 18|           new governor. Meanwhile Agricola, though summer was past
13 18|          and the island given up, Agricola became great and famous
14 20|                                20 Agricola, by the repression of these
15 21|        therefore inclined to war, Agricola gave private encouragement
16 22|        single fort established by Agricola was either stormed by the
17 22|      summer and winter. Never did Agricola in a greedy spirit appropriate
18 23|        narrow strip of land. This Agricola then began to defend with
19 24|        the fifth year of the war, Agricola, himself in the leading
20 24|     faction, had been received by Agricola, who detained him under
21 25|      pretenders to prudence, when Agricola learnt that the enemy’s
22 26|      within the camp itself, when Agricola, who had learnt from his
23 29|            29 Early in the summer Agricola sustained a domestic affliction
24 33|          As the line was forming, Agricola, who, though his troops
25 35|                          35 While Agricola was yet speaking, the ardour
26 35|          of chariots and cavalry. Agricola, fearing that from the enemy’
27 36|       dense shower of darts, till Agricola encouraged three Batavian
28 37|         the victorious army, when Agricola, who feared this very moment,
29 37|          of the pursuers. Had not Agricola, who was present everywhere,
30 38|          over, to extend the war, Agricola led back his army into the
31 38|        panic everywhere preceded. Agricola himself, leading his infantry
32 39|  exaggerated in the despatches of Agricola by any boastfulness of language,
33 39|     hatred until the freshness of Agricola’s renown and his popularity
34 40|                            40 For Agricola was still the governor of
35 40|           hint to the effect that Agricola was to have the province
36 40| confidential services was sent to Agricola, bearing a despatch in which
37 40|        crossing the straights met Agricola, and without even saluting
38 40|    Emperor’s character. Meanwhile Agricola had handed over his province
39 41|  commonwealth as would not suffer Agricola to be forgotten; days when
40 41|        voice of the people called Agricola to the command; for they
41 41|          by the faults of others, Agricola was hurried headlong to
42 42|         had been lately murdered, Agricola did not want a warning,
43 42|    Emperor’s feelings came to ask Agricola, as if on their own account,
44 42|   governors, he did not bestow on Agricola, either because he was offended
45 42|        moderation and prudence of Agricola, who neither by a perverse
46 43|           No man when he heard of Agricola’s death could either be
47 43|         he was named co-heir with Agricola’s excellent wife and most
48 44|                                44 Agricola was born on the 13th of
49 45|                                45 Agricola did not see the senate-house
50 45|       Thou wast indeed fortunate, Agricola, not only in the splendour
51 46|            whatever we admired in Agricola, survives, and will survive
52 46|      waves of oblivion will roll; Agricola, made known to posterity