A catalog of the antiquities and works of art, exhibited at Ironmongers' Hall, London, in the month of May, 1861 (1869)
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, French, George Russell, 1803-1881, London (England). Ironmongers' Company · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 320
ion. Among the Romans, all persons who wereraised above poverty had a salt-cellar of silver, whichdescended from father to son, and a patera, or plateof silver, the two being used in the sacrifices to thehousehold deities. These were probably the onlyarticles of luxury in the first days of Roman… … The cover of the salt hides the salt. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act iii. Scene i. Plague him, set linii beneath the salt, and let him not touch a bit till every one has had his full cut. Decker. 160+. 6i8 Antiquities and Works of Art^ My proud ladyAdmits hitn to her table, marry, everBeneath the…
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