Aasha had seen pictures of people ice-skating in the wintertime, two by two in fur-trimmed hoods and mittens.

Her stomach being extremely delicate, he scarcely ordered any medicines for her all this time, except a cordial julep, with spir. volat. oleos. tinct. of rhubarb as a laxative, and a julep of aqu. rosar. acet. [illegible] alb. and syr. bals. of which last she took 2 table spoonfuls 2ce or 3ce a day in ¼ of a pint of lintseed tea.

That was a waste of time!

Although he was an opponent of the populares, no one did more than Cicero to Latinize Greek rhetoric and Greekify Roman oratory.