Chapter VI

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

plural of “accusation” — a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

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From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

exceptionally bad or displeasing

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

next to; at the side of

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

plural of “bishop” — a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

past form of “consist” — originate

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

dearly loved

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

an official engaged in international negotiations

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the act of consuming liquids

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the act of consuming food

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

divisible by two

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

plural of “example” — an item of information that is typical of a class or group

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

a sudden intense happening

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

provoking horror

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

plural of “german” — a person of German nationality

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

a sacred place of pilgrimage

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the quality of being intemperate

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

held dear

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

feeling or showing love and affection

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the head of a city government

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the force of workers available

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the smallest possible quantity

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

plural of “monk” — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

and nothing more

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

plural of “philosopher” — a specialist in philosophy

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

the head of the Roman Catholic Church

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

plural of “pope” — the head of the Roman Catholic Church

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

housing available for people to live in

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

with honesty

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

express in words

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

third-person singular of “sit” — be seated

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

assume a drooping posture or carriage

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

successive (without a break)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

(Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

plural of “thai” — a native or inhabitant of Thailand

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

of or relating to or concerning theology

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37)

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

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From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We read in the adages of Erasmus that it was a proverb amongst the Germans that the lives of the monks consisted in nothing but eating and drinking.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Not even popes, saints, or bishops were exempt from accusations of loving the juice of the grape, or of the apple, too well.

fermented juice (of grapes especially)

From this reading One H. Stephens says on this subject, in his apology for Herodotus:— “But to return to these proverbs, theological wine, and the abbot’s, or prelate’s, table.

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From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading I say {12} that without these one could never rightly understand the beautiful passage of Horace:— Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus; nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus sodales, nor this other:— Absumet haeres Caecuba dignior Servata centum clavibus: et mero Tinget pavimentum superbo Pontificum potiore coenis.”

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES Eating and drinking the only work of the monks — Nunc est bibendum — An apology for Herodotus — A jovial pope — Good quarters in Provence — Intemperance of holy men — A tippling bishop — Alexander the Great — “Lovely Thais sits beside thee” — A big flare-up — Awful end of Alec — Cambyses always shot straight — Darius the strong-of-head — Philip drunk and Philip sober — Dionysius gets blind — Tiberius loved the bowl — So did Flavius Vobiscus, the diplomatist — Bluff King Hal — The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor — Dear old Pepys — A Mansion House wine-list — Minimum allowance of sack — A slump in brandy — A church-tavern — Dean Aldrich — The Romans at supper — “The tippling philosophers.”