Émile Souvestre
Émile Souvestre · English
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Émile Souvestre · English
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CHAPTER VII THE PRICE OF POWER AND THE WORTH OF FAME Sunday, July 1st Yesterday the month dedicated to Juno (Junius, June) by the Romans ended. To-day we enter on July. In ancient Rome this latter month was called Quintiles (the fifth), because the year, which was then divided into only ten parts, began in March. When Numa Pompilius divided it into twelve months this name of Quintiles was preserved, as well as those that followed—Sexteles, September, October, November, Dece
Émile Souvestre
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