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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856. Excerpt:... to arbitration not as contesting parties, but under terms of compromise; so that there was nothing strange in his choosing Nicomachus for»arbitrator; indeed it would have been much more strange if, having agreed upon the case, he had quarrelled about the arbitrator.1 In the next place, though it was not likely that, if ten thousand drachms were due to him, he would have settled for two minas, yet, if he were making an unjust and vexatious demand, there is nothing wonderful in his choosing to take that sum. Further, if upon a large claim he recovered a very little, it is no proof for him that the award has never been made, but a very strong proof for me that his claim was altogether unfounded. I wonder he thinks himself clever enough to see, that it was unlikely he should accept two hundred drachms for ten thousand, yet does not suppose me able to have discovered, that, if I wished to tell a falsehood, I ought to have said he had given a larger sum. I submit that, as it would have been a proof for the plaintiff, that there bad been no award, if he had convicted the person who swore the affidavit, it should be equally good proof of the truth of my statement, when it appears that he ventured not to take any proceedings against the witness." fond of picnics, as they were of feasting in general, and frequently made up parties to dine in the country or at the sea-side, or at the town-house of one of the company, or even at less reputable places. Thus, Autipho says in Terence's play of the Eunuch, Act HI. Scene 4.--Heri aliquot adolescentuli coiimus m Firseo, In nunc diem ut de symbolis essemus. Chseream ei rei PrSfecimus: dati annuli: locus, tempus constitutum est. where symbola1 are the subscriptions to the feast; annuli the rings given as pledges by each...