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Gems, selected from the antique, with illustrations (1804)

Dagley, Richard, -1841, Murray, John, 1778-1843, Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840 · London : Printed for John Murray, 32, Fleet Street, Dean Street by C. Whittingham · leaf 120

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ts the brain, and warmsthe heart, and fires the blood. Athenaeus describes, in his first book, a repast taken in the morning, calledAcratism, consisting of bread dipped in the Acratos or pure wine, fromcin^uTog (acratos) signifying without mixture, or pure wine. Among his quo-tations, Book 2, we…

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