Fawn of Sertorius: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Longman, 1846 |
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... rock ; mossy couches sheltered against sun and wind ; diminutive properties on which no uninvited footstep may encroach . Less in extent than our breakfast - room table , they are claimed by heirship from the nursery . Every babe is a ...
... rock ; mossy couches sheltered against sun and wind ; diminutive properties on which no uninvited footstep may encroach . Less in extent than our breakfast - room table , they are claimed by heirship from the nursery . Every babe is a ...
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... rock or ravine , if it were suffi- ciently precipitous , afforded a temporary place of refuge to its own neighbourhood ... rocks and glens seldom explored even by their few stationary inhabitants , wide moors , sterile plains , crags ...
... rock or ravine , if it were suffi- ciently precipitous , afforded a temporary place of refuge to its own neighbourhood ... rocks and glens seldom explored even by their few stationary inhabitants , wide moors , sterile plains , crags ...
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... rocks apparently in- accessible on the eastern . A shallow river , dividing the greensward unequally , and lying like an uncoiled cable in easy curves , kept or again turned its sparkling current closest to the cliffs . 48 THE FAWN OF ...
... rocks apparently in- accessible on the eastern . A shallow river , dividing the greensward unequally , and lying like an uncoiled cable in easy curves , kept or again turned its sparkling current closest to the cliffs . 48 THE FAWN OF ...
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... rocks alone ; if accompanied by others , they walked faster , breathed thicker , and spoke lower . The stray kid which browsed among their ledges and cre- vices , was neither found nor followed . Lights at midnight had been visible from ...
... rocks alone ; if accompanied by others , they walked faster , breathed thicker , and spoke lower . The stray kid which browsed among their ledges and cre- vices , was neither found nor followed . Lights at midnight had been visible from ...
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... rocks farther back encircled a small verdant area of mossy turf , scarcely less tender and variable in its hues than the flowers which were scattered over it . In some parts it was open to the air : at morning D 2 THE FAWN OF SERTORIUS .
... rocks farther back encircled a small verdant area of mossy turf , scarcely less tender and variable in its hues than the flowers which were scattered over it . In some parts it was open to the air : at morning D 2 THE FAWN OF SERTORIUS .
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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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