"Catiline". The cutting of the Isthmus of Corinth was

proposed in Nero's reign, and actually commenced in his

presence; but abandoned because it was asserted that the

level of the water in the Corinthian Gulf was higher than

that in the Saronic Gulf, so that, if the canal were cut,

the island of Aegina would be submerged. Merivale's "Roman

"Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere;

Nor can one England brook a double reign

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