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'Nunquam enim nisi navi plenâ tollo vectorem. Lib. ii. c. vi. See ante, i. 187. See ante, i. 232. See ante, ii, 219. Cheyne's English Malady, or a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds, 1733. He recommended a milk, seed, and vegetable diet; by seed he apparently meant any kind of grain. He did not take meat. He drank green tea. At one time he weighed thirty-two stones.
I recollected the witty saying of Populia, who was never unfaithful to her husband except when she was with child; "Non tollo vectorem," said she, "nisi navi plena." I felt certain that I was not loved, and the thought grieved me; and I considered that it would be unworthy of me to love one whom I could no longer hope to possess.
Now, the proprietor is not a man to labor for nothing. Like the lion in the fable, he gets paid in each of his capacities; so that, after he has been served, nothing is left for his associates. Ego primam tollo, nominor quia leo. Secundam quia sum fortis tribuctis mihi. Tum quia plus valeo, me sequetur tertia. Malo adficietur, si quis quartam tetigerit. I know nothing prettier than this fable.
When the fireworks ceased, a large scene was lighted in the court, representing their Majesties; on each side of which were six obelisks, painted with emblems, and illuminated; mottoes beneath in Latin and English: 1. For the Prince of Wales, a ship, Multorum spes. 2. For the Princess Dowager, a bird of paradise, and two little ones, Meos ad sidera tollo. People smiled. 3.
I recollected the witty saying of Populia, who was never unfaithful to her husband except when she was with child; "Non tollo vectorem," said she, "nisi navi plena." I felt certain that I was not loved, and the thought grieved me; and I considered that it would be unworthy of me to love one whom I could no longer hope to possess.
We swear by Christ: but what do we do but blaspheme him, when we swear 'Per Christum tollo eum, 'I will make away with him, 'Per Christum hunc jugulo, 'I will cut his throat, and then believe ourselves bound to commit the murder which we have vowed? . . . 'The Saxons, he says, 'are fierce, the Franks faithless, the Gepidae inhuman, the Huns shameless.
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