Septimius

It is the site of the ancient Roman station, or town, called Septimius Severus.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828

There were Roman emperors — such as Septimius Severus — of African descent.

At the Desert's Edge Hitchens, Christopher 2007

Herein are curiously mingled certain features of both "Septimius" and the "Dolliver Romance."

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

Even in "Septimius" we can discern Hawthorne standing upon the wayside hill-top, and, through the turbid medium of the unhappy hero, tenderly diffusing the essence of his own concluding thoughts on art and existence.

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

Of "Septimius" I shall not attempt an analysis: it contains several related and concentric circles of meaning, to survey which would require too much space.

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

Our only information as to the course of the story between April, 1858, and the time of writing "Septimius," must be gathered from a sketch found among the author's papers, the date of which it is not possible to determine with precision, though both its matter and form indicate that it must have been written subsequently to the journal above mentioned.

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

"Septimius," is tapestried with spider-webs; a particularly virulent spider which dangles over his head, as he sits at his writing-desk, being made to assume the aspect of a devilish familiar.

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

In 'Septimius' alone, it seems to me that the supernatural is left in rather too obtrusive a shape in spite of the final explanations; though it might possibly have been toned down had the story received the last touches of the author.

Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868

"Septimius" there is a note referring to a description in the "English

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

"Septimius," said Sibyl, who looked strangely beautiful, as if the drink, giving her immortal life, had likewise the potency to give immortal beauty answering to it, "listen to me.

Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834