the modern footmen, were in thehabit of estimating, by the number of raps he was worth, the dignity oftheir master. The elder Fabia, perceiving her sisters surprise, tookthe opportunity of administering a rap on the knuckles, through themedium of the knocker, and observed, that if the latter had… … Roman Soldier. 9S COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. [CHAP. X. sense; and the effect of the knocking at the door had been so stunning,that she could scarcely call her head her own. She was resolved thather husband should make as much noise in the world as her brother-in-law,—that he should gain an important…
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