Tell her to give you a box of tablets, and when I raise my finger--so--they are to be delivered.

Away with you." Arria left with a cry of joy, and presently Augustus went with the Lady Lucia to meet his guests.
The "commands" of the emperor had given the hour of the banquet and prescribed the dress to be worn.

Vergilius had waited anxiously for the moment when he should again see the great god of Rome, who could give or take away as he would.

Standing at the door of Caesar, he wondered whether he were nearing the end of all pleasure or the gate of paradise.

A plate of polished brass hung on its lintel, bearing in large letters the word Salve.