THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.
Reading edition
("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."}