Thirteen Satires of Juvenal |
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... things worthy of the midnight oil of the Venusian , am I not to pursue such themes ? Well , but what should have the preference ? The Geste of Hercules , say you , or of Diomede , or the bellowing in the Labyrinth , the Boy's splash in ...
... things worthy of the midnight oil of the Venusian , am I not to pursue such themes ? Well , but what should have the preference ? The Geste of Hercules , say you , or of Diomede , or the bellowing in the Labyrinth , the Boy's splash in ...
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... 17 they use only one table , and eat up whole fortunes off it . There will be no such thing as a parasite soon . But who can put up with a stingy extravagance like this ? What an appetite that I. 118-139 7 THE SATIRES OF JUVENAL.
... 17 they use only one table , and eat up whole fortunes off it . There will be no such thing as a parasite soon . But who can put up with a stingy extravagance like this ? What an appetite that I. 118-139 7 THE SATIRES OF JUVENAL.
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... thing , whilst my old age is still fresh and unbent , whilst some of my life's thread is left for Lachesis to spin , and whilst I carry myself upon my own feet without a staff supporting my hand . Let me away from my birthplace . Let ...
... thing , whilst my old age is still fresh and unbent , whilst some of my life's thread is left for Lachesis to spin , and whilst I carry myself upon my own feet without a staff supporting my hand . Let me away from my birthplace . Let ...
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... thing that wretched penury brings with it — it makes a mar a laughing - stock . " Away with the fellow for very shame , " is the word ; " let him get off the knights ' cushions ; his means do not satisfy the statute ! And give those ...
... thing that wretched penury brings with it — it makes a mar a laughing - stock . " Away with the fellow for very shame , " is the word ; " let him get off the knights ' cushions ; his means do not satisfy the statute ! And give those ...
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... thing costs money . What do you pay to be allowed an occasional morning call on Cossus , or that Veiento may give a condescending glance without opening his lips ? One shaves the beard , another cuts off the locks of a favourite slave ...
... thing costs money . What do you pay to be allowed an occasional morning call on Cossus , or that Veiento may give a condescending glance without opening his lips ? One shaves the beard , another cuts off the locks of a favourite slave ...
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