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It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
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Verse 5. Kissed him. Engaging affability! How often abused by the ambitious, for similar purposes! Bible.—Thus acted Otho. Protendens manum, adorare vulgus, jacere oscula et omnia serviliter pro dominatione. Tacit. Hist. i.—“Stretching out his hand, he bowed to the common people, dispensing his kisses at random, and performed all the acts of servility to obtain the throne.” Bible.
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