31. last. Most extreme.
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9. the sphinx. The monster which continued to oppress Thebes until such time as one of her victims should be able to answer the riddle she put to him. Oedipus answered her, and she destroyed herself.
21. a publick table. When away from home, it was usual for a traveller to dine, not at his lodgings, but at a public table or ordinary.
22. tansy. A very popular dish of the seventeenth century, a kind of rich, spiced custard.
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3. Martial. A Latin poet of the first century of our era. i. 69.
SPECTATOR 114.
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24. pretending. Pretentious.