The Roman Traitor, Volumul 1T. B. Peterson, 1853 |
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Pagina 63
... sesterces * , stood in the centre of the floor - cloth ; with a bisellium , or double settle , wrought in bronze , and two beautiful chairs of the same material not much dissimilar in form to those now used . And , to conclude , a ...
... sesterces * , stood in the centre of the floor - cloth ; with a bisellium , or double settle , wrought in bronze , and two beautiful chairs of the same material not much dissimilar in form to those now used . And , to conclude , a ...
Pagina 87
... sesterces ! " " I wager you , " said a dissolute - looking long - haired youth ; " I wager you five hundred , Catiline . I say the gray horse wins . " " Be it so , then , " shouted Catiline ; " the bay , the bay ! spur , spur , Aristius ...
... sesterces ! " " I wager you , " said a dissolute - looking long - haired youth ; " I wager you five hundred , Catiline . I say the gray horse wins . " " Be it so , then , " shouted Catiline ; " the bay , the bay ! spur , spur , Aristius ...
Pagina 154
... sesterces ! We met him by ap- pointment upon the Cælian hill , at the head of the Miner- vium , a little before sunrise , the day before yesterday . " " Ha ! " and for a moment or two Lentulus fixed his eyes upon the ground , and ...
... sesterces ! We met him by ap- pointment upon the Cælian hill , at the head of the Miner- vium , a little before sunrise , the day before yesterday . " " Ha ! " and for a moment or two Lentulus fixed his eyes upon the ground , and ...
Pagina 200
... sesterces of interest , due these last Calends , and unpaid as yet . What can I do ? —what hope for ? In him there is no help-- none ! Nay ! It is vain to think of it ; for he is amorous as ever , and , could he raise the money , would ...
... sesterces of interest , due these last Calends , and unpaid as yet . What can I do ? —what hope for ? In him there is no help-- none ! Nay ! It is vain to think of it ; for he is amorous as ever , and , could he raise the money , would ...
Pagina 204
... sesterces , you promised me ? ” " Perish the dross ! " cried Curius , fiercely . " Out on it ! when I come to you , burning with love and passion , you cast cold water on the flames , by your incessant cry for gold . By all the Gods ! I ...
... sesterces , you promised me ? ” " Perish the dross ! " cried Curius , fiercely . " Out on it ! when I come to you , burning with love and passion , you cast cold water on the flames , by your incessant cry for gold . By all the Gods ! I ...
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Pagina 208 - These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects : love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide : in cities, mutinies ; in countries, discord ; in palaces, treason ; and the bond cracked 'twixt son and father.
Pagina 182 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent.
Pagina 89 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.