Excerpt from Ariston a Tragedy From the Old Grecian Life Ariston, stand! Stand like a man, and be once more thy self No overloaded ship out on the sea, And struck by winds, and bang'd by spiteful waves, Would toss and veer in such a staggering way. Iolo. How beautiful the rule of not too much That bound where wine brings sparkle to the wit, But not a flame to craze, and burn the brain philippon. A first glass shunn'd, no second could make harm Our gods may err to ever crown our feasts, Since where none touch, none ...
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Excerpt from Ariston a Tragedy From the Old Grecian Life Ariston, stand! Stand like a man, and be once more thy self No overloaded ship out on the sea, And struck by winds, and bang'd by spiteful waves, Would toss and veer in such a staggering way. Iolo. How beautiful the rule of not too much That bound where wine brings sparkle to the wit, But not a flame to craze, and burn the brain philippon. A first glass shunn'd, no second could make harm Our gods may err to ever crown our feasts, Since where none touch, none then can turn to beasts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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