Fawn of Sertorius: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Longman, 1846 |
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... eyes and lips , every one of which seems eager with something pleasant to ask , or gay to communicate , After breakfast , you remember that you have outrun the post , that no letters can pursue you till another week , that your ...
... eyes and lips , every one of which seems eager with something pleasant to ask , or gay to communicate , After breakfast , you remember that you have outrun the post , that no letters can pursue you till another week , that your ...
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... eye . In this particular , Sertorius stood alone ; he had no country , he had not even the encouragement or consolation which every other conqueror has derived from the party calling itself by that name . Hannibal was the champion of ...
... eye . In this particular , Sertorius stood alone ; he had no country , he had not even the encouragement or consolation which every other conqueror has derived from the party calling itself by that name . Hannibal was the champion of ...
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... eyes . They watch for some change , they ask for some recompense . Why are the accustomed caresses now withheld ? Why are its feet shackled and placed beyond their reach ? Those dreadful torches , why should they blaze so near ? In vain ...
... eyes . They watch for some change , they ask for some recompense . Why are the accustomed caresses now withheld ? Why are its feet shackled and placed beyond their reach ? Those dreadful torches , why should they blaze so near ? In vain ...
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... eyes are shaded by the in- tervention of that hand which conquers all things , from the effulgence of that countenance which awes the gods ! Its head sinks upon the turf- it sleeps ! As those last words cease , the light fades - the ...
... eyes are shaded by the in- tervention of that hand which conquers all things , from the effulgence of that countenance which awes the gods ! Its head sinks upon the turf- it sleeps ! As those last words cease , the light fades - the ...
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... ; it slackens , faulters , and soon stops . With one hand shading his eyes from the sunbeams which , by this time , have fallen low enough to dazzle them , he gazes upward on Diana's sanc- tuary THE FAWN OF SERTORIUS . 63.
... ; it slackens , faulters , and soon stops . With one hand shading his eyes from the sunbeams which , by this time , have fallen low enough to dazzle them , he gazes upward on Diana's sanc- tuary THE FAWN OF SERTORIUS . 63.
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2d Edition Ahala ancient Animals Aquileius arms army beside boards bosom bound in morocco Cæsar camp Church cliffs cloak cloth cohorts College coloured commanded Comprising deities Dictionary Domestic eagles Encyclopædia enemies English Engravings on Wood ensigns father fawn Fcap Foolscap 8vo fortune fugitive Gods half-bound hand head helmet History honor horses Illustrations J. C. Loudon John Edward Gray Julius Cæsar king late legions less Libo lictors London LONGMAN Lucentum MANLIUS Maps Marius ment Metellus and Pompeius morocco mountains Muræna MYRTILIS Natural never numerous Oppius Orcilis Osca Oscan Perpenna Plates Plutarch pontifex Pontifex Maximus PORSA Portrait Post 8vo prætor prætorium present PRINTED FOR MESSRS proconsuls Professor quæstor Racilius republic revised river rocks Roman Rome Royal Sallust senate Sertorius Setubal soldiers Spain Spanus Sylla thee thou tion torius Translated TREATISE tribunal Vergilia victory Vignette Titles vols wisdom Woodcuts
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