The Brass Bell; or, The Chariot of DeathSue, Eugène
History
The Brass Bell; or, The Chariot of Death
Sue, Eugène
Gaul -- History -- 58 B.C.-511 A.D. -- Fiction
[29] The feet of women and children were daubed with white clay.
(Wallon.)
[30] See Petronius for details of Roman patrician "fashions."
[31] For these shameful manners, which respect for humanity renders
unpicturable, see Tacitus, Martial, Juvenal, and above all Petronius.
[32] See above authors.
[33] The master was civilly responsible for the acts of his slave, the
same as for those of his dog. (Wallon, vol. II, p. 183.)
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