LXXV. How a Man Calmed by Fire During Anger
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LXXV. How a Man Calmed by Fire During Anger

LXXV. HOW A MAN CALMED BY FIRE DURING ANGER.

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When they would denote a man calmed by fire even during

p. 133

anger, they portray LIONS AND TORCHES; for the lion dreads nothing so much as lighted torches, and is tamed by nothing so readily as by them.


Footnotes

  1. 132:1

    Treb. igne castigatum "chastised by fire."

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