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ame and even by disguising it.
The king (who had taken the name of Augustus himself) looked grave and said--
What sovereigns have adopted a disguised form of the name Augustus?
The first king of Swedenwho called himself Gustavuswhich is only an anagram of Augustus.
That is a very amusing ideaand worth more than all the tales we have told. Where did you find that?
In a manuscript at Wolfenbuttel.
The king laughed loudlythough he himself had been citing manuscripts. But he returned to the charge and
said--
Can you cite any passage of Horace (not in manuscript) where he shews his talent for delicacy and satire?
SirI could quote several passagesbut here is one which seems to me very good: 'Coyam rege'says the
poet'sua de paupertate tacentesplus quan pocentes ferent.
True indeed said the king, with a smile.
Madame Schmit [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who did not know Latin, and inherited curiosity from her mother, and eventually from Eve [link widoczny dla zalogowanych],
asked the bishop what it meant [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and he thus translated it:
They that speak not of their necessities in the presence of a kinggain more than they that are ever asking.
The lady remarked that she saw nothing satirical in this.
After this it was my turn to be silent again; but the yilai:
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