Download or read book The Classical Journal, Vol. 20 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Classical Journal, Vol. 20: For September and December, 1819 XVII. In an account of the manners of La Vendee, in the. Quarterly Review, vol. XV. P. 7. Art. Memoirs of Mad. La Roche Jaquelin, we meet with a well-known Roman custom. At marriages, the bride-maids present the bride with a distafi' and spindle, to remind her of her domestic duties. - The following passage in the account of the war contained in the same article, will remind the reader of a frequent occurrence in Grecian history. Easter was at hand; and' the insurgents, thinking they had done enough to make themselves feared, thought they might keep the holidays as usual; they dispersed every man to his own house; and a republican column from Angers traversed the country without meeting with the slightest resistance When the holidays were over, the insurgents appeared again. P. 13. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.