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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Democritus redivivus
Democritus redivivus (1815)
As the title explains: seu selecta iocorum, salium atque facetiarum exempla, ad recreandum animum, vel sanandam melancholiam exhibita. There are all kinds of stories, anecdotes and bon mots here, short and long, new and old. Here's a typical example: 32. Pedes in lingua. Alphonsus Rex rogatus aliquando cur, qui podagra laborarent, essent ut plurimum loquacissimi: Nihil mirum, inquit, quoniam celeritas, quae antea in pedibus consistebat, vi morbi pulsa se recepit in linguam, ita, cum pedibus non possunt, lingua deinceps ambulant.
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LatinAnecdotes,
LatinHumor
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