Vulgar words in The Satyricon — Volume 01: Introduction (Page 1)

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fag x 1
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Who, today, could imbue a translation of the Golden Ass with the exquisite flavor of William Adlington's unscholarly version of that masterpiece?

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A whore had already vacated her cell for an as, and he had laid hands upon me, and, but for the fact that I was the stronger, I would have been compelled to take my medicine."

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At last, completely fagged out, and unable to take another step, I lay down under a tree, and there I first became aware of the loss of the tunic.

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