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Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II
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  1. Edward Gibbon _ The History of the Decline and

    On solemn festivals, Julian, who felt and professed an unfashionable dislike to these frivolous amusements, condescended to appear in the Circus; and, after bestowing a careless glance on five or six of the races, he hastily withdrew with the impatience of a philosopher, who considered every moment as lost that was not devoted to the advantage of the public or the improvement of his own mind."
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