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In the course of a few days he saw Seneca, Domitius Afer, Crispinilla, and Diodorus, through whom he wished to reach Poppæa; he saw Terpnos, and the beautiful Pythagoras, and finally Aliturus and Paris, to whom Cæsar usually refused nothing. With the help of Chrysothemis, then mistress of Vatinius, he tried to gain even his aid, not sparing in this case and in others promises and money.
He did nothing of the kind: our English term is a mere confusion of two neo-Latin tongues, 'Sierra' being Spanish and 'Leone' Italian. Notus and Afer, black with thund'rous clouds From Serraliona; and the old French 'Serrelionne' was the most correct translation. The reason is disputed; some invoke the presence of the Queen of the Cats, others the leonine rumbling of the re-echoed thunder.
Fires were made in the kitchen and they congregated there and most of them remained there all night. One old negro said or acted as spokesman for the crowd. "Dat all this crowd of niggers need dat Mr. G was afer dem and meant foh dem to move or git." My husband took one or two of the older men with lanterns and made an investigation.
This is the fifth year I had to condemn her, for she sent assassins against me; and, had I not been quicker than she, ye would not be listening to-night to my song." "Thanks be to Cæsar, in the name of the city and the world!" cried Domitius Afer. "Wine! and let them strike the tympans!" The uproar began anew.
Volcatius gives this account of his death: Sed ut Afer sei populo dedit comoedias, Iter hic in Asiam fecit. Navem cum semel Conscendit, visus nunquam est. Sic vita vacat. When Afer had produced six plays for the entertainment of the people, He embarked for Asia; but from the time he went on board ship He was never seen again. Thus he ended his life.
The motto on the sword of Roger Guiscard was a proud one: Appulus et Calaber, Siculus mihi servit et Afer.
But the glory of the Palazzo Vecchio tower afer its proportions is that brilliant inspiration of the architect which led him, so to speak, to begin again by setting the four columns on the top of the solid portion. These pillars are indescribably right: so solid and yet so light, so powerful and yet so comely.
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