... in the house of
Mecaenas [22 1]. Of all the places of retirement from the city, he ( 126 ) chiefly frequented those upon the sea-
coast, and the islands of Campania [22 2], or the towns nearest the ... augment the number of persons employed in the administration of the state, he devised several
new offices; such as surveyors of the public buildings, of t...
... in the house of
Mecaenas [22 1]. Of all the places of retirement from the city, he ( 126 ) chiefly frequented those upon the sea-
coast, and the islands of Campania [22 2], or the towns nearest the ... augment the number of persons employed in the administration of the state, he devised several
new offices; such as surveyors of the public buildings, of t...
... lxii.
[ 425 ] Selene was the daughter of Mark Antony by Cleopatra.
[ 426 ] See c. xii.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: vol 4, Caligula 22
[ 427 ] The vast area of the Roman amphitheatres had no roof, ... capricious barbarian.
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... Goldsworthy is the wag professed of their community, and privileged to
say what he pleases. The other, with the most perfect good-humour, accepted the joke, without dreaming of
taking offence at the sarcasm.
Another ... Madam D'Arblay, vol 2 19
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... many of its forests. Lesna was the popular and
Hvar the literary name; and the Italians, taking the former of these, coined the word Lesina, the sound of
which makes many of them and of other ... that the district officials should act on the opposite
peninsula of Sabioncello in the name of the Yugoslavs, but over Kor[vc]ula and the island of Lastovo
(Lago...
... of the house. . . . I was passing below on a dark night
the like of this night, and the sheep were lying under the ditch and every one of
them coughing, and choking, like an old man, with the ... with a sheet. A door is at the other end of the room, with a low
table near it, and stools, or wooden chairs. There are a couple of glasses on the
table, and a bottle of...