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Philosophic dogmas concerning the brevity and uncertainty of life were ancient even in the time of Herodotus. They have left their mark upon our language in the form of more than one proverb, but in n
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Philosophic dogmas concerning the brevity and uncertainty of life were ancient even in the time of Herodotus. They have left their mark upon our language in the form of more than one proverb, but in n
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There is more than a suggestion in the choice of the middle finger, in this instance. Among the Romans, the middle fing…
“Then she kneaded dust and spittle and, dipping her middle finger into the mixture, she crossed my forehead with it.” …
“Such sweetness permeated her voice as she said this, so entrancing was the sound upon the listening air that you would…
Castration has been practiced from remote antiquity, and is a feature of the harem life of the Levant to the present da…
“They either take in or else they are taken in.” “Captare” may be defined as to get the upper hand of someone; and “ca…
“You will see a town that resembles the fields in time of pestilence.” In tracing this savage caricature, Petronius ha…
All translators have rendered “contus” by “pole,” notwithstanding the fact that the word is used in a very different se…
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