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Title: The Argosy
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1850?
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Publisher: London (etc.) R. Bentley (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Temple of Vesta. f 1
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^w Capitoline Hill. 494 Ecco Roma ! above all other plains and rivers to the end of time. The sevenhills of Rome will ever retain the charm they owe to the past:greatest of all charms, because saddest and most pathetic. Thedistant Apennines on the one hand, the beautiful Alban hills on theother, will never lose the interest that is theirs by virtue of theirhaving looked down upon all the scenes of Romes ancient grandeur.These hills and valleys echo and re-echo the word Ichabod ! IchabodtIts glory has departed; its sun has set; but the afterglow is miraculous,for it will never fade. Whence first came these Romans ? Their origin is doubtful; but like much else that is great, theyappear to have sprung from the East. Yet there is no absolutecertainty about this. Like the origin and history of the Etruscans,much remains shrouded in mystery. There is internal evidencethat the Romans sprang from a Sabine tribe, until, in the course oftime, the Sabine language and characteristics died out, an

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