Darkness and Dawn: Or, Scenes in the Days of NeroLongmans, Green, 1893 - 594 |
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... fancy , and on walls which glowed with painted peacocks , winged genii , and graceful arabesques . Her face was the index of a soul which only used the meaner passions as aids to the gratification of the grander 6 DARKNESS AND DAWN.
... fancy , and on walls which glowed with painted peacocks , winged genii , and graceful arabesques . Her face was the index of a soul which only used the meaner passions as aids to the gratification of the grander 6 DARKNESS AND DAWN.
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... had dismissed her slaves , and was devoting her whole soul to the absorbing design for which at that moment she lived , and in the accomplishment of which she persuaded herself that she was ready to die . That THE SOLILOQUIES OF AGRIPPINA ...
... had dismissed her slaves , and was devoting her whole soul to the absorbing design for which at that moment she lived , and in the accomplishment of which she persuaded herself that she was ready to die . That THE SOLILOQUIES OF AGRIPPINA ...
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... soul had been as glowing iron in the flame of adversity ; but the day of her adversity had passed . When the time was ripe she had made her magnificent way in the Court of her uncle Claudius until she became his wife , and had swept all ...
... soul had been as glowing iron in the flame of adversity ; but the day of her adversity had passed . When the time was ripe she had made her magnificent way in the Court of her uncle Claudius until she became his wife , and had swept all ...
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... soul entirely cynical and atheistic ; greedy of gain only , casehardened by crime . The bargain between him and the Empress was perfectly understood between them . Enormous wealth would be the price of his silence and success ; death ...
... soul entirely cynical and atheistic ; greedy of gain only , casehardened by crime . The bargain between him and the Empress was perfectly understood between them . Enormous wealth would be the price of his silence and success ; death ...
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... soul was shocked by the suggestion of sending for the mummers . But she saw that it would help to prevent the truth from leaking out . For one instant she lifted the purple robe and looked on the old man of sixty - four , who had thus ...
... soul was shocked by the suggestion of sending for the mummers . But she saw that it would help to prevent the truth from leaking out . For one instant she lifted the purple robe and looked on the old man of sixty - four , who had thus ...
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