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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...world. The "Correspondance de Rome" of the 24th of April takes the latter view:--" Le gouvernement Italien, toujours stupide quand il n'est pas de mauvaise foi, n'avait pas pris cette precaution, en sorte que la plupart des joueurs avaient librement place sur 'Les NumeYos du Pape.'" Unfortunately all five of the numbers were drawn, and the result was a disastrous loss to the government; or, as some of the clerical journals affirmed, there was the "hand of God" in the event, and it was a "justification of that great word of Scripture,' Ludit in orbe terrarum.'" Certain it is that an immense sum of money was won by the players and lost by the Italian government. The " Correspondance de Rome," jubilant on this rpsult, exclaims, "Voila ce que tous les bons Italians ont compris. Dieu s'estjoue de lTtalie officielle." In these matters the modern Romans are the true descendants of their ancient ancestors, who took auguries from dreams, being of opinion that they were the messengers of the gods,--for, says Homer, dreams descend to us from Jove. They made lustrations to obtain favorable dreams, with heated water taken from the river, and for the same purpose they sacrificed black sheep and laid themselves down to sleep upon the warm skin. Instead of the popular prejudice which now exists against telling one's dreams, they imagined, on the contrary, that the influence of ill-omened dreams could be counteracted by repeating them to the sun; and when Iphigenia dreamed that the palace in which she dwelt was to fall, she took this method to avert evil consequences. They also consulted old women who had acquired the reputation for divination to interpret their dreams, and were cleverer at their...
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