Martial has preserved for us a charming specimen of one of these complimentary stanzas-for such they undoubtedly would be in the case of a contemporary-to be placed beneath his own portrait in a friend's library: Hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat Quam non obscuris iungis, Avite, viris: Ille ego sum nulli nugarum laude secundus, Quem non miraris, sed puto, lector, amas.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
"Permit me de suggestation," continued Jeff, "dat ter a lady ob yer 'finement, dis place am not fit ter breve in.
"Taken Alive"
E. P. Roe
14. Un breve resumen del acto.
"Contigo Pan y Cebolla"
Manuel Eduardo De Gorostiza