THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.

_("Lorsqu'à l'antique Olympe immolant l'evangile.")_

[Bk. II. v., 1823.]

[There was in Rome one antique usage as follows: On the eve of the

execution day, the sufferers were given a public banquet--at the prison

gate--known as the "Free Festival."--CHATEAUBRIAND'S "Martyrs."]

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