From the smallest caskets is produced an ample patrimony. On a single thread is suspended a million of sesterces. One delicate neck carries about it forests and islands. The slender lobes of the ears exhaust a fortune; and the left hand, with its every finger, sports with a several money-bag. Such is the strength of ambition\u2014(equal) to bearing on one small body, and that a woman\u2019s, the product of so copious wealth.
\n— On the Apparel of Women I.IX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the smallest caskets is produced an ample patrimony. On a single thread is suspended a million of sesterces. One delicate neck carries about it forests and islands. The slender lobes of the ears exhaust a fortune; and the left hand, with its every finger, sports with a several money-bag. 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