The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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Melanthus hearing the Philosopher Gorgias exhort in Publick the Grecians to Concord; This is a fine Man indeed, said he, thus to endeavour to perswade all these Grecians to that Peace and Unity which he cannot settle at home betwixt himself, his Wife and his Maid.

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Melanthus entendant le Philosophe Gorgias exhorter publiquement les Grecs à la Concorde: Cét homme a bonne Grace, dit-il, de vouloir persuader à tous ces Grecs la Paix & l’Union, qu’il ne sauroit établir chez soy entre lui-même, sa Femme & sa Servante.