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The Romans
Romans
also: римляне
The ancient Romans, invoked as a stock byword for austere moral virtue in the letter's mock-solemn closing exhortation to chastity.
Reading notes
- To N. P. and I. P. Chekhov, 28 April 1880. Moscow. §19 Romans
The ancient Romans, invoked in mock-solemn closing as a stock byword for austere virtue -- the letter's final absurdist flourish, urging chastity "as the Romans were."