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• Colonies of settlers from the packed population of Rome followed the victors An army left to itself after conquest will settle down to riot and mad surfeit, but this man kept his forces strong by keeping them at work--discipline was never relaxed, yet there was such kindness and care for his men that no mutiny ever made head Cćsar became immensely rich--his debts were now all paid--the treasure returned to Rome did the general coffers fill, his name and fame were blazoned on the Roman streets When he returned he knew, and had always known, it would be as a conquering hero. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
• I drank my fill, and sitting down, bathed my burning feet. —  In the Wilds of Africa
• These bags were sent to every district: the chiefs first took their fill, and then the common people; hence they now speak a language which no foreigner can understand, unless he has learned half a dozen other languages; and the poor people, not one in ten, understand a third part of what is said to them. —  A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)
• It would be strange if her eyes did not fill, as she read to her fascinated family, but that was not the sort of thing the fondest mother could speak of Little did Nancy dream that, in reading to her son of the devotion of Great Heart to his charges, she was fostering a spirit in her little son that would help him make the noble pilgrimage from their hovel to the highest home in the land, where another President of the United States would refer to him as "the Great Heart of the White House." —  The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
• When London began to fill, and the season was at its height, the Miss Berrys used to retire to a pretty villa at Twickenham, where they received their friends to luncheon, and strawberries and cream, and very delightful these visits were in fine spring weather. —  Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville

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