Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... I would insult the whole consular bench , or I should be as insensible as King Psammis's mummy . " * Venus was the Roman term for the highest throw on the dice . " Good Gods , Cæsar ! " said Marcus Coelius FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 17.
... I would insult the whole consular bench , or I should be as insensible as King Psammis's mummy . " * Venus was the Roman term for the highest throw on the dice . " Good Gods , Cæsar ! " said Marcus Coelius FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 17.
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... kings ; it numbered in its lists most of the eminent French writers . Yet what benefit has literature derived from its labors ? What is its history but an unin- terrupted record of servile compliances - of paltry artifices -of deadly ...
... kings ; it numbered in its lists most of the eminent French writers . Yet what benefit has literature derived from its labors ? What is its history but an unin- terrupted record of servile compliances - of paltry artifices -of deadly ...
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... king placed at their disposal , and have not , as far as I can learn , been able to find in their box one composition which they have deemed worthy of publication . At least no publication has taken place . The associates may per- haps ...
... king placed at their disposal , and have not , as far as I can learn , been able to find in their box one composition which they have deemed worthy of publication . At least no publication has taken place . The associates may per- haps ...
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... king take order that thy servants may drink good wine . " " And how is this to be done ? " said the good - natured prince . 66 Oh , King , " said his monitor , " this is most easy . Let the king make a decree , and seal it with his ...
... king take order that thy servants may drink good wine . " " And how is this to be done ? " said the good - natured prince . 66 Oh , King , " said his monitor , " this is most easy . Let the king make a decree , and seal it with his ...
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... King , " continued this respectable di- vine , " give command to thy men of war , and let them smite the disobedient people with the sword , them , and their wives , and their children , and let their houses , and their flocks , and ...
... King , " continued this respectable di- vine , " give command to thy men of war , and let them smite the disobedient people with the sword , them , and their wives , and their children , and let their houses , and their flocks , and ...
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