Caesar leaves Gaul, crosses the Rubicon, and enters Italy.
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Rubicon
/ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/
Synonyms for "rubicon" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
point of no return
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Noun(2 words)
final stepirreversible commitment
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Noun(2 words)
italian riverwatercourse
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2 entriesline in the sandtributary
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6 entriesItalian riverRubicon Riverancient Italian rivercross the Rubiconcrossing the Rubiconhistoric river crossing
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Fortunately for England ſhe is yet on the peaceable ſide of the Rubicon; but as the flames once kindled are not alway eaſily extinguiſhed, the hopes of peace are not ſo clear as before the late myſterious diſpute began.
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But, my hearers, there are Rubicons to be passed in our religious and moral course, as well as in our temporal—occasions in the experience of our hearts, which extend their influence so far into the future, that it mainly depends on the decision we then make, and the purposes we then form, whether we shall at last be saved or lost for ever.
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Forgive me, ghosts of patriots,— [...] / [...] —for being taught in vain / That while the illegitimate Cæsars show / Of meaner stature than the first full strain, / (Confessed incompetent to conquer Gaul) / They swoon as feebly and cross Rubicons / As rashly as any Julius of them all.
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