The institution has, indeed, continued to our own time ; the garret is still the usual receptacle of the philosopher and poet ; but this, like many ancient customs, is perpetuated only by an accidental imitation, without knowledge of the original reason... T. Lucretius Carus,: Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated Into ... - Page 98 by Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech - 1714 - 402 pages Full view -
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