Excerpt: ...he, "but some time or other does amiss; we are but men, not gods." Weeping Scintilla said the same, called him Caius, and by his own good nature, besought him to be pacified. Trimalchio not able to hold tears any longer, "I beg of you, Habinas," said he, "and as you wish to enjoy what you have gotten, if I have done any thing without cause, spit in my face: I kiss'd the boy 'tis true, not for his beauty, but that he's a hopeful thrifty lad: He has several sentences by heart, can read a book at first sight; saves ...
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Excerpt: ...he, "but some time or other does amiss; we are but men, not gods." Weeping Scintilla said the same, called him Caius, and by his own good nature, besought him to be pacified. Trimalchio not able to hold tears any longer, "I beg of you, Habinas," said he, "and as you wish to enjoy what you have gotten, if I have done any thing without cause, spit in my face: I kiss'd the boy 'tis true, not for his beauty, but that he's a hopeful thrifty lad: He has several sentences by heart, can read a book at first sight; saves money out of his days provision; has a binn of his own to keep it, and two drinking cups; and does he not deserve to be in my eye? but Fortunata, forsooth, will not have it so; your bandy legs won't away with it. Be content with your own, thou she-kite, and don't disquiet me, thou harlotry, or otherwise thou'lt find what I am; thou knowest well enough, if I once set on't, 'tis immoveable. But we'll remember the living. "Come, my friends, let's see how merry ye can be, for in my time I have been no better than your selves, but by my own industry I am what I am: 'Tis the heart makes a man, all the rest is but stuff. I buy cheap and sell dear; another man may sell ye other things, but I enjoy my self; and thou dunghillraker, are thou yet gruntling, I'll make ye hereafter do it for somewhat. "But as I was saying my frugality brought the fortune I have: I came out of Asia no taller than this candlestick, and daily measured my self by it: and that I might get a beard the sooner, rubb'd my lips with the candle-grease; yet I kept Ganymede to my master fourteen years (nor is any thing dishonourable that the master commands) and the same time contented my mistress: Ye know what I mean, I'll say no more, for I am no boaster. By this means, as the gods would have it, the governing the house was committed to me, and nothing was done but by my guidance: What need many words? He made me joint-heir with Caesar, and I had by it a Senator's estate; but no man..
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Add this copy of The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter to cart. $6.00, good condition, Sold by Carobok rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BELEN, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1934 by Book Collectors Association.
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Good. 258 p.; 20 cm. Good. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Pages are tanned. Covers have moderate wear. Edges and corners have wear. Spine has a small piece missing from bottom.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Later. Fine/ near fine (slight wear). Essay by Charles Whibley. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine in Near Good jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Slightly smaller book, brown boards, gilt lettering bright on spine, dark yellow inside covers and adjacent end papers, 258 lightly browned heavy pages. Supposedly translated by Oscar Wilde. DJ price-clipped, heavy paper, dark yellow background with oval illustration of Romans at top front, spine and nearby front and back very slight faded as well as top front right, three scratches on back. DJ has very slight surface wear to tips, light wear to bookfold edges, tiny but wide tear at bottom front tip, micronicks at spine edges. Near Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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