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The comic history of Rome (1850)

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856, Leech, John, 1817-1864 · London, Bradbury, Evans · leaf 86

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lling to fight, ambassadorswere sent to entreat Coriolanus to lay down his sword ; but, contemp-tuously folding his arms, he returned no answer. The priests nexttried their powers of persuasion, but though they did all they couldto convert Coriolanus to the cause of Rome, it was not until… … Coriolanus parting from his \\Tife and Family. visited him at his camp, when the clamour of the strong-minded, thesighs and sobs of the weaker, the sneers of some, the tears of others,and the importunity of all, proved irresistible. He had been resolute 64 COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. [CHAI\ VI for some…

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