The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 864
... crowns to the feasters , and a great quantity of silver plate , and of servants , and horses , and camels . And every one was expected to mount a camel , and drink ; and after that he was presented with the camel , and with all that was ...
... crowns to the feasters , and a great quantity of silver plate , and of servants , and horses , and camels . And every one was expected to mount a camel , and drink ; and after that he was presented with the camel , and with all that was ...
Page 869
... crown on his head , as Clearchus relates , in his Lives : for he , being most immo- derately luxurious , and also to a degree beyond what was becoming to a painter , laid claim , in words , to great virtue , and inscribed upon the works ...
... crown on his head , as Clearchus relates , in his Lives : for he , being most immo- derately luxurious , and also to a degree beyond what was becoming to a painter , laid claim , in words , to great virtue , and inscribed upon the works ...
Page 909
... crown it with false breasts , such as perchance At times you may in comic actors see ; And what is still too prominent , they force Back , ramming it as if with scaffolding . Has any one red eyebrows - those they smear With soot . Has ...
... crown it with false breasts , such as perchance At times you may in comic actors see ; And what is still too prominent , they force Back , ramming it as if with scaffolding . Has any one red eyebrows - those they smear With soot . Has ...
Page 926
... crowns ; 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 ...
... crowns ; 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 ...
Page 932
... crowns , but by guineas . " There was a man who once gave her daughter à mina , and never brought her anything more , though he came to see her very often . boy , " said she , that now you have once paid your mina , you are to come here ...
... crowns , but by guineas . " There was a man who once gave her daughter à mina , and never brought her anything more , though he came to see her very often . boy , " said she , that now you have once paid your mina , you are to come here ...
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