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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 211

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of either. Each desiredthe whole, and one must fall. When Antonycame under the spell of the beautiful and fas-cinating Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, his fate 768 was sealed. Precious months were spent inrevelry and pastimes, and when war was de-clared between the two leaders, Antony stilllingered at… … ILE OF ACTIUM, At Actium, a promontory on the coast ofGreece, the fleets met, in full sight of the twoarmies encamped on the opposite shores of theAmbracian Gulf. In Antonys fleet were twohundred and twenty war-vessels, beautifully or-namented and of remarkable size, but heavyand cumbersome and…

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