Homer Himself Must Beg If He Want Means, And As By Report Sometimes He Did "go From Door To Door And Sing Ballads, With A Company Of Boys About Him.

Homer Himself Must Beg If He Want Means, And As By Report Sometimes He Did "go From Door To Door And Sing Ballads, With A Company Of Boys About Him.

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Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report sometimes
he did "go from door to door and sing ballads, with a company of boys
about him."
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subsect. 6

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