thaides

Updated: May 22, 2025

Any gentleman who wishes to possess a jewel worth ten thousand gold pieces, will only need to pick it out of the gutter into which I throw it. Scramble for it, you young Phaedrias and Pamphili! There are Laides and Thaides enough about, who will help you to spend it.

Charles Kingsley - Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face