 ... At length so many subjects of taste, so many provocatives of luxury, so many varieties of dainties were invented by these Apicians, that it was thought requisite to restrain the luxury of the kitchen. Hence all those ancient sumptuary laws. Lucius...  The Vanity of Arts and Sciences - Page 308by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim - 1676 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dick Humelbergius Secundus (pseud.) - 1829 - 368 pages
...Antius Restio.* Also, Lucius Flaccus and his colleagues put Durenius out of the Senate, because, being a tribune of the people, he went about to abrogate a law made against the excessive prodigality of * By these laws it was commanded, that, in the ordinary banquets,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1838 - 1080 pages
...kitchen. Hence all those ancient sumptuary laws. Lucius Flaccus, and his colleague censors, put Duron ¡us out of the Senate, for that, as a tribune of the people, he went about to abrogate a law made against the excessive prodigality of feasts. In defence whereof, how impudently Duroiiius ascended... | |
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