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... mainly to what might be called the seamy side of Roman life - a side to which some parallel may be found in our own boasted centres of civilization . Juvenal was no politician ; he never casts an eye xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
... mainly to what might be called the seamy side of Roman life - a side to which some parallel may be found in our own boasted centres of civilization . Juvenal was no politician ; he never casts an eye xxxvi INTRODUCTION.
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Juvenal. Juvenal was no politician ; he never casts an eye on the political conditions of his day . He is as blind as Persius to the effects on Roman life and character of the loss of public freedom . Though a passionate admirer of the ...
Juvenal. Juvenal was no politician ; he never casts an eye on the political conditions of his day . He is as blind as Persius to the effects on Roman life and character of the loss of public freedom . Though a passionate admirer of the ...
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... eye than with one husband ! ( 38-59 . ) Can you , in all the tiers of the circus or the theatre , find a single honest woman ? Women love the stage ; if you marry a wife it will be to make a father of some harpist or flute - player . Or ...
... eye than with one husband ! ( 38-59 . ) Can you , in all the tiers of the circus or the theatre , find a single honest woman ? Women love the stage ; if you marry a wife it will be to make a father of some harpist or flute - player . Or ...
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... eye to economy , women never . ( 352-365 . ) your If wife have a taste for music , she will aban- don herself to the musicians ; her bejewelled fingers will for ever be strumming on their instruments ; she offers wine and meal to Janus ...
... eye to economy , women never . ( 352-365 . ) your If wife have a taste for music , she will aban- don herself to the musicians ; her bejewelled fingers will for ever be strumming on their instruments ; she offers wine and meal to Janus ...
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... eye upon your stepmother's cakes , and let her cup be tasted before you put it to your lips . Do you sup- pose that I am telling mere idle tales , breathing forth mouthings like a tragedian ? Would to heaven it were so ! but just look ...
... eye upon your stepmother's cakes , and let her cup be tasted before you put it to your lips . Do you sup- pose that I am telling mere idle tales , breathing forth mouthings like a tragedian ? Would to heaven it were so ! but just look ...
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