 | Frederic Austin Ogg - Middle Ages - 1907 - 520 pages
...happier existence with plain living and ordinary plain and sen- fare than all the followers of Apicius,3 with their ^ elaborate dainties. So-called convivia,...displeases me more than display, for not only is it bad 1 Eyeglasses were but beginning to come into use in Petrarch's day. 2 Petrarch's father and Dante were... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - History - 1907 - 522 pages
...with plain living and ordinary plain and sen- fare than all the followers of Apicius,3 with their ving elaborate dainties. So-called convivia, which are...displeases me more than display, for not only is it bad 1 Eyeglasses were but beginning to come into use in Petrarch's day. 2 Petrarch's father and Dante were... | |
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I have, on the contrary, led a happier existence with plain living and ordinary fare than all the followers of Apicius, with their elaborate dainties. So-called convivia, which are but vulgar bouts, sinning against sobriety and good manners, have always... 