Vulgar words in The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, - Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians - (Vol. 1 of 6) (Page 1)
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Before him, tragedy was no more than a jumble of buffoon tales in the comic style, intermixed with the singing of a chorus in praise of Bacchus; for it is to the feasts of that god, celebrated at the time of the vintage, that tragedy owes its birth.
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Jeremiah had prophesied, that he should neither be regretted nor lamented; but should "be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem:" this was no doubt fulfilled, though it is not known in what manner.