The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Dancing -Dances - Music - Musical Instruments - Music- Love Songs - Sweetmeats - Different Courses at Dinner - Dessert- Cheesecakes —Cakes - Vegetables - Pomegranates — Figs — Grapes— Peacocks - Partridges - The Helots - Cheese - Cooks ...
... Dancing -Dances - Music - Musical Instruments - Music- Love Songs - Sweetmeats - Different Courses at Dinner - Dessert- Cheesecakes —Cakes - Vegetables - Pomegranates — Figs — Grapes— Peacocks - Partridges - The Helots - Cheese - Cooks ...
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... dance , to sing , our sole delight , The feast or bath by day , and love by night ; for he thought that that would be the only way by which he could avoid failing in the hopes he cherished . And a similar man is he who recommends ...
... dance , to sing , our sole delight , The feast or bath by day , and love by night ; for he thought that that would be the only way by which he could avoid failing in the hopes he cherished . And a similar man is he who recommends ...
Page 833
... a pitch that they had taught even their horses to dance at their feasts to the music of the flute . Accordingly the people of Crotona , ATH . - VOL . III . 3 H knowing this , and being at war with them , c . 19. ] 833 THE SYBARITES .
... a pitch that they had taught even their horses to dance at their feasts to the music of the flute . Accordingly the people of Crotona , ATH . - VOL . III . 3 H knowing this , and being at war with them , c . 19. ] 833 THE SYBARITES .
Page 834
... dance at their feasts to the music of the flute ; and they , standing on their hind feet , used to dance with their fore feet in time to the airs which they had been taught . Onaris then , knowing these things , got a female fluteplayer ...
... dance at their feasts to the music of the flute ; and they , standing on their hind feet , used to dance with their fore feet in time to the airs which they had been taught . Onaris then , knowing these things , got a female fluteplayer ...
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... dancing women and flute - playing women , and some spend all the day in dice and drinking , and similar pastimes ; and they are more anxious how they may display their tables loaded with all kinds of food , than how they may exhibit a ...
... dancing women and flute - playing women , and some spend all the day in dice and drinking , and similar pastimes ; and they are more anxious how they may display their tables loaded with all kinds of food , than how they may exhibit a ...
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