The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶197
7. Libels and satires, whose rude strains sometimes disturbed the peace of an illiterate city. The author was beaten with clubs, a worthy chastisement, but it is not certain that he was left to expire under the blows of the executioner.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #734 (Milman edition) — public domain
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