The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Sweetmeats - Different Courses at Dinner - Dessert- Cheesecakes —Cakes - Vegetables - Pomegranates — Figs — Grapes— Peacocks - Partridges - The Helots - Cheese - Cooks - The Thes- 978-1062 salians - Ματτύη • BOOK XV . The Cottabus ...
... Sweetmeats - Different Courses at Dinner - Dessert- Cheesecakes —Cakes - Vegetables - Pomegranates — Figs — Grapes— Peacocks - Partridges - The Helots - Cheese - Cooks - The Thes- 978-1062 salians - Ματτύη • BOOK XV . The Cottabus ...
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... sweetmeats . 35. But Posidonius , in the sixteenth book of his Histories , speaking of the cities in Syria , and saying how luxurious they were , writes as follows : - " The inhabitants of the towns , on account of the great fertility ...
... sweetmeats . 35. But Posidonius , in the sixteenth book of his Histories , speaking of the cities in Syria , and saying how luxurious they were , writes as follows : - " The inhabitants of the towns , on account of the great fertility ...
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... sweetmeats , and chaplets , and crowns of myrrh and frankincense , with turbans as long as a man , made of strips of gold brocade . 57. But Clytus , the pupil of Aristotle , in his History of Miletus , says that " Polycrates , the ...
... sweetmeats , and chaplets , and crowns of myrrh and frankincense , with turbans as long as a man , made of strips of gold brocade . 57. But Clytus , the pupil of Aristotle , in his History of Miletus , says that " Polycrates , the ...
Page 873
... sweetmeats ; and many discoveries have been made in the articles of incenses and perfumes , and clothes , and beds , and , above all , of cups and other articles of furni- ture . For all these things contribute some amount of plea- sure ...
... sweetmeats ; and many discoveries have been made in the articles of incenses and perfumes , and clothes , and beds , and , above all , of cups and other articles of furni- ture . For all these things contribute some amount of plea- sure ...
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... Sweetmeats and venison ; fillets for the head ; Fish , and a cook , and a female flute - player . In the meantime a Syrian friend of hers Sent her some snow , and one saperdes ; she Being ashamed lest any one should hear She had ...
... Sweetmeats and venison ; fillets for the head ; Fish , and a cook , and a female flute - player . In the meantime a Syrian friend of hers Sent her some snow , and one saperdes ; she Being ashamed lest any one should hear She had ...
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