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... tiny document and moistened signet has made himself wealthy and prosperous ? Next meets me a great lady , who , when her husband is thirsty , mixes toad poison with the soft wine of Cales that she is about to hand him , and has taught ...
... tiny document and moistened signet has made himself wealthy and prosperous ? Next meets me a great lady , who , when her husband is thirsty , mixes toad poison with the soft wine of Cales that she is about to hand him , and has taught ...
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... tiny beaker , and a Centaur standing under the same marble slab ; and a poor old basket contained his library of Greek poets , and those Vandal mice would gnaw the glorious verses . Poor Codrus owned nothing ( I know ) , still all that ...
... tiny beaker , and a Centaur standing under the same marble slab ; and a poor old basket contained his library of Greek poets , and those Vandal mice would gnaw the glorious verses . Poor Codrus owned nothing ( I know ) , still all that ...
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Juvenal. not deep and needs no rope to work it besprinkles your tiny slips with water easily drawn . Enjoy life , devoted to your mattock , tending your well - kept garden from which you could provide a meal for a hundred vege- tarians ...
Juvenal. not deep and needs no rope to work it besprinkles your tiny slips with water easily drawn . Enjoy life , devoted to your mattock , tending your well - kept garden from which you could provide a meal for a hundred vege- tarians ...
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... tiny fraction of the side - dishes of a little dinner , was hiccoughed back by the purple - robed jester of the august Palace , raised now to be Commander of the Guard , he who once with loud voice used to hawk his native shads bought ...
... tiny fraction of the side - dishes of a little dinner , was hiccoughed back by the purple - robed jester of the august Palace , raised now to be Commander of the Guard , he who once with loud voice used to hawk his native shads bought ...
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... tiny plate — a dinner fit for a corpse . The master souses his fish with oil of Venafrum ; but this sickly cabbage that is brought for your hapless self will suggest the lamp's perfume ; for you retainers ' plates are served with oil ...
... tiny plate — a dinner fit for a corpse . The master souses his fish with oil of Venafrum ; but this sickly cabbage that is brought for your hapless self will suggest the lamp's perfume ; for you retainers ' plates are served with oil ...
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