Darkness and Dawn: Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero, an Historic TaleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 594 |
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... Acte , the beautiful freed- woman of his wife . ' Well ? ' said Agrippina suspiciously , but not ill - pleased to see how her son quailed before her imperious glance . ' Go on . ' ' I meant nothing particular , ' he stammered , his ...
... Acte , the beautiful freed- woman of his wife . ' Well ? ' said Agrippina suspiciously , but not ill - pleased to see how her son quailed before her imperious glance . ' Go on . ' ' I meant nothing particular , ' he stammered , his ...
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... Acte , the beautiful freedwoman of Octavia . It was impossible that any secret of the Palace could long be concealed from the vigilant eyes of Agrippina . She had discovered the amour , and had burst into furious reproaches . What ...
... Acte , the beautiful freedwoman of Octavia . It was impossible that any secret of the Palace could long be concealed from the vigilant eyes of Agrippina . She had discovered the amour , and had burst into furious reproaches . What ...
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... Acte was going to such absurd lengths that he talked of suborning two Romans of consular dignity to swear that the slave girl , who had been brought from Asia , was in reality a descendant of Attalus , King of Pergamus ! The Senate ...
... Acte was going to such absurd lengths that he talked of suborning two Romans of consular dignity to swear that the slave girl , who had been brought from Asia , was in reality a descendant of Attalus , King of Pergamus ! The Senate ...
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... Acte , her soft eyes would have beamed with love . Of what use is it to be Emperor , if my mother is to flout and domineer like this ? ' ' Does not Cæsar know what gives her this audacity ? ' asked Tigellinus , in a low tone . ' No ...
... Acte , her soft eyes would have beamed with love . Of what use is it to be Emperor , if my mother is to flout and domineer like this ? ' ' Does not Cæsar know what gives her this audacity ? ' asked Tigellinus , in a low tone . ' No ...
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... Acte . Her situation in the Palace did not argue in her a depraved mind . She had not been trained in an atmosphere which made her suppose that there was anything sinful in her relations with the Em- peror . Brought from Asia in early ...
... Acte . Her situation in the Palace did not argue in her a depraved mind . She had not been trained in an atmosphere which made her suppose that there was anything sinful in her relations with the Em- peror . Brought from Asia in early ...
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