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16th Cent Anon Apicius Baccara baths bear bestow boar Cæsar canst Catullus chaste Chione Cinna cloak cups Cybele dear death delight dine Domitian doth drink Edition Elphinston Engravings epigrams eyes Falernian wine fame father Faustinus fear feast Flaccus Fletcher Galla Gallus Ganymede give glory gods gold Graglia guest hair hand hare hast honour hundred husband Jove Jupiter kiss late Lesbia lion live lord Lupercus Martial mentula mistress Muses ne'er never night o'er palæstra Phoebus poet poor Portrait Postumus praise pray present Priapus Priscus Quintus rich Roman Rome Rufus Sabellus sacred Sarmatian Saturnalia sesterces Sextus SILIUS ITALICUS slave sweet tell temple thee thine thou art thou dost thousand sesterces Thyestes tibi toga town Translated verses vols wife wilt wine wish wouldst Wright write youth Zoilus
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Page 667 - Richardson's Philological Dictionary of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Combining Explanation with Etymology, and copiously illustrated by Quotations from the Best Authorities. New Edition, with a Supplement containing additional Words and further Illustrations. In 2 vols.
Page 474 - Martial, the things that do attain The happy life be these, I find ; The riches left, not got with pain ; The fruitful ground, the quiet mind. The equal friend, no grudge, no strife, No charge of rule nor governance ; Without disease, the healthful life ; The household of continuance.
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Page 569 - In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen, about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
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