The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... kind of human life Can be worth desiring , If pleasure be denied to it ? What kingly power even ? Without pleasure e'en the gods Have nothing to be envied for . And Pindar , giving advice to Hiero the tyrant of Syracuse , says- Never ...
... kind of human life Can be worth desiring , If pleasure be denied to it ? What kingly power even ? Without pleasure e'en the gods Have nothing to be envied for . And Pindar , giving advice to Hiero the tyrant of Syracuse , says- Never ...
Page 828
... kind of candaulus only , but three , so wholly devoted were they to luxury . And Hegesippus the Tarentine'says , that the candaulus is made of boiled meat , and grated bread , and Phrygian cheese , and aniseed , and thick broth and it ...
... kind of candaulus only , but three , so wholly devoted were they to luxury . And Hegesippus the Tarentine'says , that the candaulus is made of boiled meat , and grated bread , and Phrygian cheese , and aniseed , and thick broth and it ...
Page 838
... kind of labour . And most of them made their houses more beautiful than the temples of the gods ; and so they say , that the leaders of the Iapygians , treating the Deity with insult , destroyed the images of the gods out of the temples ...
... kind of labour . And most of them made their houses more beautiful than the temples of the gods ; and so they say , that the leaders of the Iapygians , treating the Deity with insult , destroyed the images of the gods out of the temples ...
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... kind of mart , and because the whole people spent the whole of their time in the market - place and about the har- bour , were very intemperate , and in the constant habit of feasting and drinking at the wine - sellers ' . But the ...
... kind of mart , and because the whole people spent the whole of their time in the market - place and about the har- bour , were very intemperate , and in the constant habit of feasting and drinking at the wine - sellers ' . But the ...
Page 857
... kind of buskin , made of most expensive purple wool ; and on this the makers wove a great deal of golden embroidery , both before and behind ; and his cloak was of a brilliant tawny colour ; and , in short , a representation of the ...
... kind of buskin , made of most expensive purple wool ; and on this the makers wove a great deal of golden embroidery , both before and behind ; and his cloak was of a brilliant tawny colour ; and , in short , a representation of the ...
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