The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… VESEY, of Verse the judge and friend, Awhile my idle strain attend: Not with the days of early Greece, I mean to ope my slender piece; The rare Symposium to proclaim Which crown'd th' Athenians' social name; Or how … from the Lucrine lake; And Attic Salt, and Garum Sauce, And Lettuce from the Isle of Cos; The first and last from Greece transplanted, Us'd here--because the rhyme I wanted: How pheasant's heads, with cost collected, And Phenicopters' … and balm of care, Still may thy gentle reign extend, And taste with wit and science blend!" … Bluestockings … Women … Greece … Taken from Hannah More, Florio: a tale, for fine gentlemen and fine ladies: and, the bas bleu; or, …
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