Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 368
, some say; but thereare gloomier conjectures in history: one, thatHadrian had consulted an oracle, and learnedthat his own life was in danger unless another lifeshould be given in exchange. Whereat, say someand hint others, he sacrificed his favorite. But probably this is a scandal without… … MONA LISA DEL GIOCONDO. (AFTER THE PAINTING LEONARDO DA VINCI.) lay down life for a friend. Heathen and Christianalike realize this ; and Antinoiis may have felt thatto the world his own existence could count forlittle, while Hadrians was all-important. However this may be, at Besa on the Nile…
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