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Tor, in fact, such is the infallible characteristic of drunkenness, the more a person is in the habit of drinking, the more eager he is for drink ; and the remark of the Scythian ambassador is as true as it is well known— the more the Parthians drank, the thirstier they were for it. FOR IN FACT SUCH IS THE INFALLIBLE CHARACTERISTIC OF DRUNKENNESS THE MORE A PERSON IS IN THE HABIT OF DRINKING THE MORE EAGER HE IS FOR DRINK AND THE REMARK OF THE SCYTHIAN AMBASSADOR IS AS TRUE AS IT IS WELL KNOWN THE MORE THE PARTHIANS DRINK THE THIRSTIER THEY WERE FOR IT
very satisfactorily, to my thinking, how many were the evils he had inflicted upon the world through this same vice of drunkenness. It was but a short time before the battle of Actiuni that he vomited forth 71 As' Praefectus Urbis. 72 Love of drinking. 73 The mode of testing whether any "heeltaps" were left or not. It was this custom, probably, that gave rise to the favourite game of the cottabus. 74 Dr. Middleton, in his Life of Cicero, in his unlimited partiality for the family, quotes this as an instance of courage and high spirit. 75 According to Paterculus, he was fond of driving about in a chariot, crowned with ivy, a golden goblet in his hand, and dressed like Bacchus, by which title he ordered himself to be addressed. Vol. III. 1' 274 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY. [Book XIY. this book of his, from which we have no great difficulty in coming to the conclusion, that drunk as he already was with the blood of his fellow-citizens, the only result was that he thirsted for it all the more.  OF KANJI AT A SINGLE DRAUGHT AND WITH HAVING THROWN A CUP WHEN IN A STATE OF DRUNKENNESS AT M AGRIPPA SUCH IN FACT BEING THE ORDINARY RESULTS OF INTOXICATION BUT IT IS NOT TO BE WONDERED AT THAT CICERO WAS DESIROUS IN THIS RESPECT TO ECLIPSE THE FAME OF M ANTONIUS THE MURDERER OF HIS FATHER A MAN WHO HAD BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YOUNGER CICERO SHOWN HIMSELF SO EXTREMELY ANXIOUS TO MAINTAIN THE SUPERIORITY IN THIS KIND OF QUALIFICATION THAT HE HAD EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO PUBLISH A BOOK UPON THE SUBJECT OF HIS OWN DRUNKENNESS DARING IN THIS WORK TO SPEAK IN HIS OWN DEFENSE HE HAS PROVED VERY SATISFACTORILY TO MY THINKING HOW MANY WERE THE EVILS HE HAD INFLICTED UPON THE WORLD THROUGH THIS SAME VICE OF DRUNKENNESS IT WAS BUT A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM THAT HE VOMITED FORTH THIS BOOK OF HIS FROM WHICH WE HAVE NO GREAT DIFFICULTY IN COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT DRUNK AS HE ALREADY WAS WITH THE BLOOD OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS THE ONLY RESULT WAS THAT HE THIRSTED FOR IT ALL THE MORE
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