Instead of the elaborate and elegantly turned illustrative narratives of the "Spectator," Mrs. Among all the suitors who strive to make an impression upon her heart Mr. Still, not a few made their escape and went on to prepare to fight a second time. And cause for destroying some few persons was found in the very fact that they had prayed and hoped that he might perish. Now and then they would shout in unison on one side the name of Vespasian and work at home the other that of Vitellius, and again they would challenge each other with abuse and praise of the two men. Now when Phoebus apologized for this speech the monarch did him no harm, in fact vouchsafed him no answer at all, save a curt "Go to the devil yourself! Having gained the opportunity he did obeisance before him and after repeatedly calling him "master," and "god" (terms that were already being applied to him by others), he said: "I have done nothing of the sort. The Alexandrians had been rioting and nothing would make them stop until they received a letter from Hadrian rebuking them.
179-180] [Sidenote:--18--] [The Iazyges sent an embassy and asked to be released from some of the agreements they had made, and a certain leniency was shown them, to prevent their being entirely alienated. For the emperor wholly followed his amusements and gave himself over to chariot-driving and cared not a whit for any political interests; nor, indeed, had he given his mind to the matter ever so zealously, could he have accomplished aught by reason of his luxurious living and inexperience.