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'r67 whereas, in reality, while other men lose the day that has gone before, the drinker has already lost the one that is to come. WHEREAS IN REALITY WHILE OTHER MEN LOSE THE DAY THAT HAS GONE BEFORE THE DRINKER HAS ALREADY LOST THE ONE THAT IS TO COME
 been introduced to promote the speedy passage of the wine through the body. 272 PLINY1 8 FATUEAL HISTORY. [Book XIV. throat. And how many a man has met his death in this fashion ! Indeed, it has become quite a common proverb, that " in wine65 there is truth." Should he, however, fortunately escape all these dangers, the drunkard never beholds the rising sun, by which his life of drinking is made all the shorter. From wine, too, comes that pallid hue,56 those drooping eyelids, those sore eyes, those tremulous hands, unable to hold with steadiness the over- flowing vessel, condign punishment in the shape of sleep agi- tated by Furies during the restless night, and, the supreme reward of inebriety, those dreams of monstrous lustfulness and of forbidden delights. Then on the next day there is the breath reeking of the wine-cask, and a nearly total obliviousness of everything, from the annihilation of the powers of the memory. And this, too, is what they call " seizing the moments of life! OVISIONS OF HIS WILL ANOTHER LETS FALL SOME EXPRESSION OF FATAL IMPORT AND SO FAILS TO KEEP TO HIMSELF WORDS WHICH WILL BE SURE TO COME HOME TO HIM WITH A CUT THROAT AND HOW MANY A MAN HAS MET HIS DEATH IN THIS FASHION INDEED IT HAS BECOME QUITE A COMMON PROVERB THAT IN WINE THERE IS TRUTH SHOULD HE HOWEVER FORTUNATELY ESCAPE ALL THESE DANGERS THE DRUNKARD NEVER BEHOLDS THE RISING SUN BY WHICH HIS LIFE OF DRINKING IS MADE ALL THE SHORTER FROM WINE TOO COMES THAT PALLID HUE THOSE DROOPING EYELIDS THOSE SORE EYES THOSE TREMULOUS HANDS UNABLE TO HOLD WITH STEADINESS THE OVERFLOWING VESSEL CONDIGN PUNISHMENT IN THE SHAPE OF SLEEP AGITATED BY FURIES DURING THE RESTLESS NIGHT AND THE SUPREME REWARD OF INEBRIACY THOSE DREAMS OF MONSTROUS LUSTFULNESS AND OF FORBIDDEN DELIGHTS THEN ON THE NEXT DAY THERE IS THE BREATH REEKING OF THE WINE CASK AND A NEARLY TOTAL OBLIVIOUSNESS OF EVERYTHING FROM THE ANNIHILATION OF THE POWERS OF THE MEMORY AND THIS TOO IS WHAT THEY CALL SEIZING THE MOMENTS OF LIFE
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