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The Dread and Fear of Kings

The Dread and Fear of Kings

Ellis, John Breckenridge

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150387602
ISBN13: 9781150387609
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: A. C. McClurg Co. Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Literary History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. A KISS IN THE GARDEN. Caius took a hurried leave of his father and of Phaedrus. He drew Alexis apart. Thou didst witness our little quarrel, he said; I pray thee make all amends as soon as convenient. Bid her farewell in my name, and in my name be kind to her, and assure her that it grieves me to part thus. Then to Phaedrus, Caius said: Julia hath a desire to attend the gladiatorial combats at Fidenae; refuse her not. The Thracian poet allowed a shadow to cross his face. There will be an enormous throng, he suggested. True; that is why she desireth to attend. Yield to her in this one instance, and let her know it is granted because of my love for my betrothed. Phffidrus bowed gravely, without replying. Caius mounted and rode away with his guard, with as little show of sorrow as if he expected to return the next day. Alexis spent the rest of the afternoon in the streets of Rome, accompanied by Phaedrus. The poet appeared theprey of somber thoughts. It might be due to his thirty-five years. Perhaps he was always grave. The Greek found himself wondering how he would feel at thirty-five. His other thoughts he spoke aloud as they came, and the freedman made a good listener. When they returned home, Manius Lepidus met them in the atrium. We are invited to a banquet at the home of Sabinus, he said. Alexis's face suddenly shone as if the light of a fire had fallen upon it. I am busy, said Phaedrus. Wilt thou not make my excuses? Thou art particularly named, returned M...

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