Antiphanes. (Book vi. § 71, p. 404.)
A. You say you've pass'd much of your time in Cyprus.
B. All; for the war prevented my departure.
A. In what place chiefly, may I ask?
B. In Paphos;
Where I saw elegance in such perfection,
As almost mocks belief.
A. Of what kind, pray you?
B. Take this for one—The monarch, when he sups,
Is fann'd by living doves.