ἢν δὲ πολλῷ  οὕτερος ἀγεννέστεροςπροσπίπτων προσκυνέει τὸν ἕτερον. Herodotus, Histories, 1.134

My Lords and Gentlemen, You will recall that in my last essay I recounted a joke told by some men of Upminster about the womenfolk of Essex. I had thought that I had done little more than to record the mores and disrespectful nature of the plebeian element of that countie. On the contrary, I have stirred […]