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" Then up sprang Appius Claudius: " Stop him ; alive or dead! Ten thousand pounds of copper to the man who brings his head." He looked upon his clients, but none would work his will. He looked upon his lictors, but they trembled and stood still. And, as... "
Selections from the First Five Books: Together with the Twenty-first and ... - Page 241
by Livy - 1848 - 329 pages
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 2

Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 470 pages
...Ever the mighty multitude fell back to right and left. And he hath passed in safety unto his woeful home, And there ta'en horse to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome. By this the flood of people was swollen from every side, And streets and porches round were filled...
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Inductive Lessons in Rhetoric

Frances W. Lewis - English language - 1900 - 328 pages
...clients, but none would work his will. He looked upon his lictors, but they trembled and stood still. And, as Virginius through the press his way in silence...the camp what deeds are done in Rome. — MACAULAY. 10. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ;...
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Miscellanies, Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 680 pages
...clients ; but none would work his will. He looked upon his lictors ; but they trembled, and stood still. And, as Virginius through the press his way in silence...right and left. And he hath passed in safety unto his woeful home, And there ta'en horse to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome. By this the flood...
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The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...

Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1905 - 872 pages
...—but none would work his will; He looked upon his lictors, — but they trembled and stood still. And as Virginius through the press his way in silence...horse to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome. THROUGH DEATH TO LIFE.— HENRY HARBAUOH. Have you heard the tale of the Aloe plant, Away in the sunny...
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The World's Best Poetry ...

English poetry - 1904 - 876 pages
...clients; But none would work his will. He looked upon his lictors; But they trembled, and stood still. And as Virginius through the press His way in silence...And there ta'en horse to tell the camp What deeds arc done in Koine. THOMAS BABINGTON, LOUD MACAULAY. MARK ANTONY, OVER THE BODY I OF CAESAR. FROM "...
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Voice, Speech and Gesture a Practical Handbook to the Elocutionary Art ...

Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...clients : but none would work his will, lie looked upon his lictors ; but they trembled, and stood still. And, as Virginius through the press his way in silence...right and left. And he hath passed in safety unto his woeful home, And there ta'en horse to tell the camp what deeds are dona in Rome. Lord Macaulay THE...
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Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1905 - 174 pages
...clients; but none would work his will. He looked upon his lictors; but they trembled, and stood still. And, as Virginius through the press his way in silence...right and left. And he hath passed in safety unto his woeful home, And there ta'en horse to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome. By this the flood...
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How to Speak in Public

Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1906 - 576 pages
...clients, but none would work his will; He looked upon his lictors, but they trembled and stood still. And as Virginius through the press his way in silence...horse, to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome. "Virginius." MACAULAY. 5. The day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating concerns and...
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The Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Rome - 1907 - 152 pages
...they trembled, and stood still. And as Virginius through the press his way in silence 205 cleft, Evef the mighty multitude fell back to right and left. And he hath passed in safety unto his woeful home, And there ta'en horse to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome. By this the flood...
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Humorous Hits ; And, How to Hold an Audience: A Collection of Short ...

Grenville Kleiser - American wit and humor - 1908 - 360 pages
...clients, but none would work his will; He looked upon his lictors, but they trembled and stood still. And as Virginius through the press his way in silence...ta'en horse, to tell the camp what deeds are done in THE WOMEN OF MUMBLES HEAD BY CLEMENT SCOTT Bring, novelist, your note-book! bring, dramatist, your...
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