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Page 18
... saith , she prepared twelve tricliniums . That it was in use among the Greeks , the word triclinium implieth , and the same is also declarable from many places in the Symposiacks of Plutarch . That it was not out of fashion in the days ...
... saith , she prepared twelve tricliniums . That it was in use among the Greeks , the word triclinium implieth , and the same is also declarable from many places in the Symposiacks of Plutarch . That it was not out of fashion in the days ...
Page 19
... saith Julius Capitolinus , præter exempla majorum , not according to the custom of his predecessors , except it were at public and nuptial suppers . The regular number was also exceeded in the last supper , whereat there were no less ...
... saith Julius Capitolinus , præter exempla majorum , not according to the custom of his predecessors , except it were at public and nuptial suppers . The regular number was also exceeded in the last supper , whereat there were no less ...
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... saith , Amant protoclisias , id est , primos recubitus in cœnis , et protocathe- drias , sive , primas cathedras , in synagogis ; wherein the terms are very distinct , and by an antithesis do plainly distinguish the posture of sitting ...
... saith , Amant protoclisias , id est , primos recubitus in cœnis , et protocathe- drias , sive , primas cathedras , in synagogis ; wherein the terms are very distinct , and by an antithesis do plainly distinguish the posture of sitting ...
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... saith , how different is this night from all other nights ; for all other nights we wash but once , but this night twice ; all other we eat leavened or unleavened bread , but this only leavened ; all other we eat flesh roasted , boiled ...
... saith , how different is this night from all other nights ; for all other nights we wash but once , but this night twice ; all other we eat leavened or unleavened bread , but this only leavened ; all other we eat flesh roasted , boiled ...
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... saith he , " in Alexandria , how suddenly these serpents bereave a man of life ; for when any one is con- demned to this kind of death , if they intend to use him favourably , that is , to despatch him suddenly , they fasten an asp unto ...
... saith he , " in Alexandria , how suddenly these serpents bereave a man of life ; for when any one is con- demned to this kind of death , if they intend to use him favourably , that is , to despatch him suddenly , they fasten an asp unto ...
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