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58.<br />

59.<br />

best to restrain his anger, and<br />

only gratify it by withdrawing<br />

his services. <strong>The</strong> same idea is<br />

rather cleverly worked out by<br />

Apuleius, "De Deo Socratis."<br />

Compare Milton, "Paradise<br />

Lost," bk. ii:<br />

"Though his tongue<br />

Dropp'd manna."<br />

So Proverbs v. 3, "For the lips<br />

<strong>of</strong> a strange woman drop as an<br />

honey-comb."<br />

Salt water was chiefly used in<br />

lustrations, from its being supposed<br />

to possess certain fiery<br />

particles. Hence, if sea-water<br />

could not be obtained, salt was<br />

thrown into the fresh water to<br />

be used for the lustration. Men-

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