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'What is it? he said abruptly, holding her eyes with his. This time he was determined to clear up the matter. 'What? she asked in apparent innocence. But she coloured, and he saw that she understood. 'What does your smile mean, Pulcherrima? 'Only that I was reading your thoughts, Sir George, she answered. 'And they were not of me. 'Impossible! he said. I vow, Julia
Rome indeed appealed to his imagination, Roma pulcherrima rerum, but it was the invisible Rome rather than the fumum et opes strepitumque, it was the city of pristine ideals, of irresistible potency, of Anchises' pageant of heroes.
The poet congratulates Ferrara, which will henceforth be the envy of all other cities, for having won an incomparable jewel. He sympathizes with Rome for the loss of Lucretia, saying that it has again fallen into ruins. He describes the young princess as "pulcherrima virgo," and refers to Lucretia of ancient times.
The Romans, therefore, were not improperly called rerum domini , and Rome, pulcherrima rerum , maxima rerum . Even the historians, Livy and Tacitus, actuated likewise with admiration, bestow magnificent epithets on the capital of their country. The succeeding emperors, in conformity to the advice of Augustus, made few additions to the empire.
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