Papirius appointed Caius Junius Bubulcus master of the horse; and, as he was proceeding in an assembly of the Curiæ to get an order passed respecting the command of the army, an unlucky omen obliged him to adjourn it; for the Curia which was to vote first, happened to be the Faucian, remarkably distinguished by two disasters, the taking of the city, and the Caudine peace; the same Curia having voted first in those years in which the said events are found.

[…] in the field he is all activity, covers an immense amount of ground, and is a sure catch.

The husband's tears are big and hot, / E'en from his heart outwrung; / The pearls of sorrow on his cheek / In anguish'd rays are strung

That shy-looking fellow standing against the curtain at your right, with the brown mustache and broad forehead, is the New England sculptor whose forcible creations are known everywhere, yet he is almost shrinkingly modest, and he never, it seems, even in thought, has broken the injunction of Let another praise thee, not thine own lips.