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On the wall of a wine-shop a barmaid has thus advertised her wares: [74] "Here for a cent is a drink,— The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature
A traveller on his way to the capital has scribbled these lines on the wall, perhaps of a wine-shop where he stopped for refreshment:[72 Hither have we come in safety Now I hasten on my way That once more it may be mine To behold our Lares, Rome At one point in a Pompeian street, the eye of a straggler would catch this notice in doggerel verse:[73 Here's no place for loafers Lounger, move along On the wall of a wine-shop a barmaid has thus advertised her wares:[74 Here for a cent is a drink Two cents brings something still better Four cents in all, if you pay Wine of Falernum is yours It must have been a lineal descendant of one of the parasites of Plautus who wrote:[75 A barbarian he is to me At whose house I'm not asked to dine Here is a sentiment which sounds very modern The common opinion is this That property should be divided.— The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature
In those days the cent was as large as our present silver half dollar, and the copper two-cent piece was a monster in the way of coinage.— Business Hints for Men and Women
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