cultivatedthe only really valuable fruits of victory. * Some say that Tarquinius Priscus bought the books ; but it is of little consequencewho was the real buyer, as the whole story is very probably a sell on the part of thenarrators, as well as of the sibvl. IV.] TARQUIN CONSULTS THE ORACLE. 87… … Vs. The Evil Conscience of Tarquin. load; and if he went to sleep, there was a mares-nest always at hand,to trouble him with a night-mare. He dreamed that some eagles hadbuilt in his gardens, and that in their temporary absence from the nest,some vultures had breakfasted on the new-laid eggs, and,…
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