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All around a palette (1878)

Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922, Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903. ill, Lockwood, Brooks, and Company. pbl, Welch, Bigelow & Co. prt · Boston : Lockwood, Brooks, and Co. · leaf 183

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fed the doves, and watchedthem as they plumed theirfeathers on the edge of the basinin which the fountain leaped andsplashed, or admired them drift-ing down from the capitals ofthe columns that lined the courtto perch upon Domitillas wristand shoulders. Perhaps someof them were trained to act… … NEAPOLITAN ORANGES. 169 than they did her more serious cousin. It is possiblethat frequently they acted together in little dramasand tableaux; for the Romans were very fond ofsuch representations, and Caius Plinius wrote a Greektragedy at the age of fourteen. In those days studywas considered good…

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