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Page 823
... fish ; And always with the present company Agree , but when away you can change your mind . And Sophocles speaks in a like spirit , in the Iphigenia- As the wise polypus doth quickly change His hue according to the rocks he's near , So ...
... fish ; And always with the present company Agree , but when away you can change your mind . And Sophocles speaks in a like spirit , in the Iphigenia- As the wise polypus doth quickly change His hue according to the rocks he's near , So ...
Page 864
... fishes which had never been carved , all ready dressed , in suffi- cient quantities to fill a waggon . And after this they were presented with a quantity of sweetmeats , and chaplets , and crowns of myrrh and frankincense , with turbans ...
... fishes which had never been carved , all ready dressed , in suffi- cient quantities to fill a waggon . And after this they were presented with a quantity of sweetmeats , and chaplets , and crowns of myrrh and frankincense , with turbans ...
Page 867
... fish in , and supplied great quantities of fish for the luxury and enjoyment of Gelon . A great number of swans also , " as he relates , " flew into it ; so that it was a very beautiful sight . But afterwards the lake was destroyed by ...
... fish in , and supplied great quantities of fish for the luxury and enjoyment of Gelon . A great number of swans also , " as he relates , " flew into it ; so that it was a very beautiful sight . But afterwards the lake was destroyed by ...
Page 871
... fishing , and got wet , was I to have left my employment , and come away ? " And Aristippus sojourned a considerable time in Ægina , indulging in every kind of luxury ; on which account Xenophon says in his Memora- bilia , that Socrates ...
... fishing , and got wet , was I to have left my employment , and come away ? " And Aristippus sojourned a considerable time in Ægina , indulging in every kind of luxury ; on which account Xenophon says in his Memora- bilia , that Socrates ...
Page 877
... fish , and drinking strong wine From the island of Chios , and having , besides , A lot of Ephesian beautiful letters , In carefully - sewn leather bags . 71. But how far superior to these men is Gorgias c . 70. ] 877 ANAXARCHUS .
... fish , and drinking strong wine From the island of Chios , and having , besides , A lot of Ephesian beautiful letters , In carefully - sewn leather bags . 71. But how far superior to these men is Gorgias c . 70. ] 877 ANAXARCHUS .
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