Darkness and Dawn: Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero, an Historic Tale |
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Agrippa Agrippina Aliturus amuse answered Apostle asked Augustus Aulus Aulus Plautius banquet beautiful blood Britannicus brother Burrus Cæsar Caligula centurion Christians Claudius crime dared dark death divine Domitian Emperor Empress Epictetus eyes face faith father favourite felt flung freedman gladiators gods golden Greek guests Halotus hand happy head heard heart honour imperial innocent Jews Junia knew lady Linus live looked Lucan Messalina mother murder Musonius Nereus Nero Nero's never night noble Octavia once Onesimus Otho pagan Palace Pallas passion Pedanius Petronius Phrygian Plautius Pomponia Poppaa Præfect Prætorian priests prison Pudens purple robe Roman Rome rose Rubellius Plautus scene secret seemed Senate Seneca sesterces shame slaves smile soldiers soul stood strange tell thee thou thought Thrasea throne Tiberius Tiberius Gemellus Tigellinus Titus told Tryphæna Vespasian villa voice whispered wife witnessed words wretched young youth
Popular passages
Page 551 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Page 548 - Him : if we endure, we shall also reign with Him : if we deny Him, He also will deny us : if we are faithless, He abideth faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Page 99 - They hail'd him father to a line of kings : Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.
Page 202 - There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear : because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Page 574 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, Lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
Page 179 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile...
Page 366 - May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 471 - This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: we fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour: how is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Page 306 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 463 - I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; naked, and ye clothed me ; sick and in prison and ye visited me...