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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 311

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rifier of his memory. The ladies of the nobilitythrew perfume on the funeral pile,* but it was too late to bring him Plutarch in Sulla, c. 38. 274 COMIC HISTORY OF HOME. [CHAf. XXVI. into good odour. Numerous attendants carried spices of every kind ;and, in addition to the ordinary mace-bearers,… … Funeral Pile of Sulla. In personal appearance Sulla was by no means attractive; for hehad a quantity of green in his eye, an abundance of red in his hair,and a profusion of purple in his countenance. His face was, like hischaracter, full of spots ; and those who accused him of aspiring to…

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