Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.

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Title
Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern.
Author
Martial.
Publication
London :: Printed for Henry Bonwicke ...,
1695.
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Subject terms
Epigrams, Latin.
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"Epigrams of Martial, Englished with some other pieces, ancient and modern." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52102.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

Pages

Ep. 59. On his Lazy and Nice Reader.

If one sole Epigram takes up a Page, You turn it o'er, and will not there engage; Consulting not its Worth, but your dear Ease; And not what's Good, but what is Short, does please. I serve a Feast with all the richest Fare The Market yields, for Tarts you only care.

Page 241

My Books not fram'd such liq'rish Guests to treat, But such as relish Bread, and solid Meat.
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