Word: porcellus
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Winnie Ille Pu, by A.A. Milne, translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard. Children who read Latin will find the adventures of Pu, Porcellus and lor delightful, and laggards who trotted through Caesar years ago will derive much pleasure, or at least prestige, if the book is seen about the house...
Winnie Ille Pu, by A. A. Milne, translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard. Children who read Latin will find the adventures of Pu, Porcellus and Ior delightful, and laggards who trotted through Caesar years ago will derive much pleasure-or at least prestige, if the book is seen about the house...
Porcellian ("Pork") Club, oldest (1790) of Harvard's "finals," was founded by undergraduates who sat around talking literature and eating roast pig (porcellus). Its reputation springs from the wealth and social swank of its membership which has included Holmeses, Lowells, Belmonts, Adamses, Roosevelts, Bonapartes, Carrolls, Lodges. Its club house on Massachusets Avenue overlooks the Yard. Porcellian's favorite beverage was Golden Gate, a concoction of equal parts of gin and beer. At club dinners all members must be primed to sing solo...
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