Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... ( 1847 ) , . 340 • POMPEII . ( 1819 ) , 341 THE BATTLE OF IVRY , 349 THE ARMADA , . 352 THE CAVALIER'S MARCH TO LONDON , . 356 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME , . 359 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANIES . FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . * 6 CONTENTS .
... ( 1847 ) , . 340 • POMPEII . ( 1819 ) , 341 THE BATTLE OF IVRY , 349 THE ARMADA , . 352 THE CAVALIER'S MARCH TO LONDON , . 356 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME , . 359 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANIES . FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . * 6 CONTENTS .
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... Rome . There are charming women at his parties . But the twelve - line board and the dice - box pay for all . The Gods confound me if I did not lose two mill- ions of sesterces last night . My villa at Tibur , and all the statues that ...
... Rome . There are charming women at his parties . But the twelve - line board and the dice - box pay for all . The Gods confound me if I did not lose two mill- ions of sesterces last night . My villa at Tibur , and all the statues that ...
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... Rome . can tell you more , " continued Flaminius ; " somebody was remarking to the Consul yesterday how loosely a cer- tain acquaintance of ours tied his girdle . Let him look to himself , ' said Cicero , or the state may find a tighter ...
... Rome . can tell you more , " continued Flaminius ; " somebody was remarking to the Consul yesterday how loosely a cer- tain acquaintance of ours tied his girdle . Let him look to himself , ' said Cicero , or the state may find a tighter ...
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... Rome ? — What for mankind ? -Ask the citizens . Ask the prov- inces . Have they had any other object than to perpetu- ate their own exclusive power , and to keep us under the yoke of an oligarchical tyranny , which unites in itself the ...
... Rome ? — What for mankind ? -Ask the citizens . Ask the prov- inces . Have they had any other object than to perpetu- ate their own exclusive power , and to keep us under the yoke of an oligarchical tyranny , which unites in itself the ...
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... Rome , the most splendid , the most graceful , the most eloquent of its nobles ? It could not be . His voice had , indeed , been touchingly soft whenever he addressed her . There had been a fascinating tenderness even in the vivacity of ...
... Rome , the most splendid , the most graceful , the most eloquent of its nobles ? It could not be . His voice had , indeed , been touchingly soft whenever he addressed her . There had been a fascinating tenderness even in the vivacity of ...
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