The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio

Petronius Arbiter

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them.

Petronius Arbiter

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them.

Petronius Arbiter

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them.

Petronius Arbiter

[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them.

Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

Ayn Rand

PART ONE It is a sin to write this.

Aristophanes

statement is made that it may be rejected.

William Strunk

This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.