The Last Days and Fall of Palmyra: Being Letters of Lucius M. Piso to His Friend, Marcus Curtius, at RomeCassell, 1885 - 382 páginas |
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... force . But when I think that it is for beings like you to whom I speak for whom another and fairer world is to be prepared , it loses again much of its force . And when I think of the great and good of other times , of Homer and Hesiod ...
... force . But when I think that it is for beings like you to whom I speak for whom another and fairer world is to be prepared , it loses again much of its force . And when I think of the great and good of other times , of Homer and Hesiod ...
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... force of a tempest , the weapon , hissing along the air , struck the butt near the centre ; but the wood of which it was made , unused to such violence , shivered and crumbled under the blow . Without a word , and without an emotion ...
... force of a tempest , the weapon , hissing along the air , struck the butt near the centre ; but the wood of which it was made , unused to such violence , shivered and crumbled under the blow . Without a word , and without an emotion ...
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... force - upon the lawn . The princess now , with more of confidence in her air , again balanced and threw the lance which Zabdas had chosen - this time with success ; for , passing through the shield , it fell side by side with Fausta's ...
... force - upon the lawn . The princess now , with more of confidence in her air , again balanced and threw the lance which Zabdas had chosen - this time with success ; for , passing through the shield , it fell side by side with Fausta's ...
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already Antiochus arms army Aurelian beauty behold believe brother Cæsar Calpurnius captivity Carthage Christian countenance cried Ctesiphon Curtius death Demetrius desert divine doctrine doubt dromedary dwell east Ecbatana Emesa emperor empire faith Fausta fear feel fell friends Gallienus gates glory gods Gracchus Greek Hadad hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope Hormisdas horse immortality Isaac kingdom lance letter live Livia Longinus look Lucius Lucius Piso manner Milo mind never noble numbers Odenatus once Otho palace Palmyra Palmyrene passed Persian philosopher Piso plain Plato pleasure Portico prince Princess Julia Probus queen reign religion replied Roman Rome ruin Sapor scene seat seemed seen slave soldiers soon soul spirit stood streets sure tell thee things thou thought throne towers trust truth turned Vabalathus Valerian voice walls whole woman words Zabdas Zenobia