1 Men think that many wonders described in Homer's verses are prodigies; among the chief of which is Polyphemus the Cyclops, two hundred feet long: and then besides, his walking-stick, greater than the main-mast in any merchantman—[1779]
2 ... no high-actioned Campanian nag will follow him that has conquered by a mile or two * * * *[1780]
3 ... moreover, as to price, the first is half an as, the second a sestertius, and the third more than the whole bushel.
4 ... in the number of whom, first of all Trebellius ... fever, corruption, weariness, and nausea....[1781]
5 When she is alone with you, any thing is good enough. Are any strange men likely to see her? She brings out her ribbons, her robe, her fillets—[1782]
6 A good cloak, if you ask me, or a hackney, a slave, or a litter-mat, is of more service to me than a philosopher—[1783]
7 ... besides, that accursed usurer, and Syrophœnician, what used he to do?[1784]
8 ... not a single slave ... that, just as though he were a slave, no one can speak his mind freely.[1785]
9 ... since he has served as a soldier in the Iberian land, for about eighteen years of his life—....[1786]