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... youth as Nero's charioteer . This was an office which Nero often performed him- self ; and those who served him in that capacity were often pro- moted . Fuscus became præfect of the prætorian cohorts in the reign of Domitian , and ...
... youth as Nero's charioteer . This was an office which Nero often performed him- self ; and those who served him in that capacity were often pro- moted . Fuscus became præfect of the prætorian cohorts in the reign of Domitian , and ...
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... youth was brought to the scaffold by his friend , the pu- pil by his master . Egnatius is an old man , born on the very banks of the fountain Hippocrene , and , what is more , a Stoic philosopher ! No ! a Roman must not show himself ...
... youth was brought to the scaffold by his friend , the pu- pil by his master . Egnatius is an old man , born on the very banks of the fountain Hippocrene , and , what is more , a Stoic philosopher ! No ! a Roman must not show himself ...
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... youth , he takes good care to offer no insult to one who is clad in purple , preceded by flambeaus , and followed by a long train of attendants ; but upon me , who walk by the light of the moon , or the aid of a puny lamp , whose wick I ...
... youth , he takes good care to offer no insult to one who is clad in purple , preceded by flambeaus , and followed by a long train of attendants ; but upon me , who walk by the light of the moon , or the aid of a puny lamp , whose wick I ...
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... youth unworthy of the cru- el death which was to overtake him , and which the bloody tyrant had already settled . But in those unhappy times it was a kind of prodigy to see a man of birth advanced in age ; therefore much ra- ther would ...
... youth unworthy of the cru- el death which was to overtake him , and which the bloody tyrant had already settled . But in those unhappy times it was a kind of prodigy to see a man of birth advanced in age ; therefore much ra- ther would ...
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... youths ; Cæsar regards you , animates you , and seeks only to load you with his fa- vours . But deceive not yourselves with hopes of other patronage ; he is the sole resource you have . If then , my dear Telesinus , you expect support ...
... youths ; Cæsar regards you , animates you , and seeks only to load you with his fa- vours . But deceive not yourselves with hopes of other patronage ; he is the sole resource you have . If then , my dear Telesinus , you expect support ...
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