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("Lorsqu'à l'antique Olympe immolant l'evangile.")

{Bk. II. v., 1823.}

{There was in Rome one antique usage as follows: On the eve of the

execution day, the sufferers were given a public banquet – at the prison

gate – known as the "Free Festival." – CHATEAUBRIAND'S "Martyrs."}