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... served up the most exquisite dishes . And among the Sybarites there were found baths in which , while they lay down , they were steamed with warm vapours . And they were the first people who in- troduced the custom of bringing chamber ...
... served up the most exquisite dishes . And among the Sybarites there were found baths in which , while they lay down , they were steamed with warm vapours . And they were the first people who in- troduced the custom of bringing chamber ...
Page 867
... served for a great pond to breed 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 ...
... served for a great pond to breed 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 ...
Page 927
... serves me right for my mistake . " They say that one fine day a youth from Pontus Was sleeping with Gnathæna , and at morn He ask'd her to display her beauties to him . But she replied , " You have no time , for now It is the hour to ...
... serves me right for my mistake . " They say that one fine day a youth from Pontus Was sleeping with Gnathæna , and at morn He ask'd her to display her beauties to him . But she replied , " You have no time , for now It is the hour to ...
Page 993
... served around ; and all his pettitoes , The dainty slices of fat , well - season'd sausages , Have all been eaten . The well - roasted cuttle - fish Is swallow'd long ago ; and nine or ten Casks of rich wine are drain'd to the very ...
... served around ; and all his pettitoes , The dainty slices of fat , well - season'd sausages , Have all been eaten . The well - roasted cuttle - fish Is swallow'd long ago ; and nine or ten Casks of rich wine are drain'd to the very ...
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... served up to us ; which , indeed , was very often offered to us , not only on the days of the festival of Saturn , 1 when it is the custom of the Romans to feast their slaves , while they themselves discharge the offices of their slaves ...
... served up to us ; which , indeed , was very often offered to us , not only on the days of the festival of Saturn , 1 when it is the custom of the Romans to feast their slaves , while they themselves discharge the offices of their slaves ...
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