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C. PERIOD III., A.D. 14-180.

81. The Fruits of Civil War,

82. Sulla's Vengeance on the Body of Marius,

83. Speech of Petreius to his Men,

84. Afranius surrenders to Caesar,

85. Caesar in a Small Boat encounters a terrible Storm,

86. Incantation of a Sorceress,.

87. Pompey reluctantly consents to the Battle of

88. Cornelia bewails her Husband's Murder,.

89. Cato bids his Men fight for their Country, not for

90. Ode to Bacchus,

91. The Ghost of Agrippina appears at the Nuptials of

96. Juno opens Hannibal's eyes that he may see the

Gods ranged against him,

102. Quintilian's Affection for his Wife and Child,

103. Quintilian bewails the early Death of his Son,

104. The Power of Pathos,

105. Reply of Tiberius to Sejanus, who had asked the

Emperor to allow his Marriage with Livia,

106. Boadicea excites her Countrymen against the

107. Seneca, anticipating Nero's Displeasure, implores

to be allowed to retire into a private station, .

108. Nero's Insidious Reply,

109. Otho's Address to his Army after the Battle of

110. Calgacus, a British Patriot, stirs up his Country-

men to throw off the Roman Yoke,

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115. A Letter to the Emperor Antoninus Pius,

116. The Affection between Fronto and his Royal

Pervig. Ven. 596

117. A Letter from young M. Aurelius to his Preceptor

118. Another Letter from young M. Aurelius to Fronto, M. Aur.. 599

119. A Birthday Congratulation from the young

120. Fronto compliments Aurelius Verus on his Gene-

121. Fragment of a Speech by Fronto against a Testa-

mentary Law of the Proconsul,

PART III.-WIT AND HUMOUR.

A. PERIOD I., B.C. 240-80.

1. An Honest old Servant is convinced that he is not

2. A Clever Slave debates how to get Money for his

3. Interchange of Compliments between two Slaves,

4. The Disadvantages of marrying for Money,

5. Casting Lots for a Wife,

6. The Way about Town,

7. Menaechmus mistaken for his Brother,

8. A Butler who yields to Temptation,

9. A Braggart Captain and his Parasite,

10. A Braggart Captain (another Portrait),

11. The Danger of making Love by Proxy,

12. "Diamond cut Diamond,"

18. A Fisherman's Reasons for keeping a Bag of

Money found in the Sea,

19. A Negotiation between two old Gentlemen con-

cerning the Marriage of their Children,

20. Nausistrata discovers that her Husband has

married another Wife,

21. A Satire on Epicures,

22. The Claims of Self-indulgence conflict with those

B. PERIOD II., B.C. 80--A.D. 14.

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48. The Company satirise Modern Education,

49. The Cook proves himself a "cordon bleu."

50, 51. A Burlesque of the Deification of the Emperor

52. Last Will and Testament of a Sucking Pig,

54. A Shabby Present,

55. To a Stingy Friend who had asked for the Loan of

58. Rome is not the Place for an Honest Man to get

59. The Special Conveniences of the Country are,

after all, often only to be obtained in Town,

60. An Advertisement for a Great-coat,

61. The Poet remonstrates with his Book for wishing

63. Some Farms are not worth the Price of a Dinner, Mart.

64. A Ruthless Barber,

65. A Family Migration,

66. The Poet's Apology for the late Appearance of his

69. Cruelty of the Roman Ladies towards their Maids, Juv.

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FIRST DIVISION.

ROMAN THOUGHT.

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