["It was formerly the custom to enliven banquets with slaughter, and t… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["It was formerly the custom to enliven banquets with slaughter, and to combine with the repast the dire spectacle of men contending with the sword, the dying in many cases falling upon the cups, and covering the tables with blood."--Silius Italicus, xi. 51.]

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