["Just like an ape, simulator of the human face, whom a wanton boy has… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["Just like an ape, simulator of the human face, whom a wanton boy has dizened up in rich silks above, but left the lower parts bare, for a laughing-stock for the tables." --Claudian, in Eutrop., i 303.]

Place: CHAPTER VIII · ¶4425
License: Public domain · Source
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