Vulgar words in History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 (Page 1)

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buffoon x 1
            

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As long as the fame of Julian was doubtful, the buffoons of the palace, who were skilled in the language of satire, tried the efficacy of those arts which they had so often practised with success.

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Very different from the ass in Aesop, who disguised himself with a lion's hide, our lion was obliged to conceal himself under the skin of an ass; and, while he embraced the dictates of reason, to obey the laws of prudence and necessity."

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i. p. 51,) confounds the antelope with the roebuck, and the wild ass with the zebra.]

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