CHAPTER IV.
Why has a dog a bad name?--Canine swearing--"Jarnichien!"--The cast of the die--Dog oath of Socrates--A nation of swearers-- Aristophanes--The Rhodian cabbage--"Mehercule"--'Ship of Fools'--Amenities of Roman swearing 60
Why has a dog a bad name?--Canine swearing--"Jarnichien!"--The cast of the die--Dog oath of Socrates--A nation of swearers-- Aristophanes--The Rhodian cabbage--"Mehercule"--'Ship of Fools'--Amenities of Roman swearing 60