sonertute

Updated: May 13, 2025

He drew a copy of Kant from his blouse, but in his confusion several other volumes dropped from his bosom on the ground. The Baronet picked them up. "Ah!" said the Philosopher, "what's this? Cicero's 'De Sonertute, at your age, too! Martial's 'Epigrams, Caesar's 'Commentaries. What! a classical scholar?" "E pluribus Unum. Nux vomica. Nil desperandum. Nihil fit!" said the Boy enthusiastically.

Bret Harte - The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales : With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers