The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864

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Various. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864

OUR DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

ÆNONE:

A TALE OF SLAVE LIFE IN ROME. CHAPTER XII

APHORISMS.—No. XII

A GLANCE AT PRUSSIAN POLITICS

PART I

ASLEEP

A CASTLE IN THE AIR

THE DEVIL'S CAÑON IN CALIFORNIA

FLY LEAVES FROM THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER

PART I.—SCALES

THE SACRIFICE

STRECK-VERSE

THE UNDIVINE COMEDY.—A POLISH DRAMA. Dedicated to Mary

PART I. THE IDEAL

SOUND REFLECTIONS

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

I. THE RIGHT, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT

II. THE EXPEDIENCY AND NECESSITY OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT

AVERILL'S RAID

OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUN

AN ARMY: ITS ORGANIZATION AND MOVEMENTS

FOURTH PAPER

VIOLATIONS OF LITERARY PROPERTY

THE FEDERALIST.—LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOHN JAY

A SIGH

THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN

A PHILOSOPHIC DEBATE

WHO KNOWS?

LITERARY NOTICES

BABY LILY

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A week passed away. It was toward the end of a bright and cloudless day, and Rome was gradually arousing itself from its wonted siesta. The heat had at no time been oppressive, for during the whole morning a cool breeze had been gambolling across the Campagna from the sea; so that even during the small hours of the day, the streets had not been kept free from moving masses of life. Now that the atmosphere became still further tempered, fresh throngs poured forth from all the smaller passages and alleys, until the greater arteries of the city swarmed with eager, animated crowds.

More now than at any other time during the few weeks that had just elapsed; for upon the morrow was to commence the dedication of the great amphitheatre of Titus, and thousands of strangers had already poured into Rome to witness the games, combats, and pageantry. From the surrounding towns and villages—from the cities of the south—from the confines of the Alps—even from the farthermost provinces, countless throngs had assembled to greet an occasion second only to the grand triumphal entry with the spoils of Jerusalem.

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'You must depart to-night,' she said, 'and before it becomes known that I am sending you away; lest, knowing it, others might claim authority to delay or prevent you. Take this little purse. It contains a few gold pieces, which you may need. And here is a written pass which will lead you to Ostia. There you will go to the tavern of the Three Cranes, and inquire for one Pollio, who has a vessel ready to sail for Samos. In that vessel your passage is paid. Show him this ring. It will be a token for him to know you by. And keep the ring ever afterward, as a sign that you have a friend left here, who will often think of you with pleasure and interest.'

'My mistress,' he said, taking the ring and placing it upon his finger, 'what have I done that you should be thus kind to me?'

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