King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 478
xhausted finances of the state in hisown age, that (it would appear) of Arcadius and Honorius. And this chapter on seals may be suitably concluded with ananecdote of Verres— cet amateur terrible, as Caylus aptly styleshim. Having been struck with a seal upon a letter he had received,he politely… … 456 ANTIQUE GEMS AND RINGS.
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