Flaccus

The one is to the other, as Homer to "Flaccus" -- as a Mastodon to a mouse -- as the tail of a comet to that of a pig.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

"Flaccus," the man who didn't look as if he had ever kissed a girl, yet who wrote:

The Ghost Girl 1907

'Flaccus' was the name he wrote under, a thin skeleton of a man always with his head in the air and his mind somewhere else, used to write in the

The Ghost Girl 1907

"If you will allow me to say so, Flaccus, that is a cheap criticism to come from the keenest critic in Rome.

Roads from Rome 1901

In a remarkable passage in his speech for Flaccus, which is fully borne out by remarks in his private letters, he says that he grants them all manner of literary and rhetorical skill, but that the race never understood or cared for the sacred binding force of testimony given in a court of law. [

Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884

In a contemporary description of the life at Charles's court Alcuin is called "Flaccus" and is described as "the glory of our bards, mighty to shout forth his songs, keeping time with his lyric foot, moreover a powerful sophist, able to prove pious doctrines out of

The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895

Associated Press writer Gillian Flaccus in Costa Mesa also contributed to this report.

Jerry Brown Ends Campaign On Optimistic Note AP 2010

When Rob Bohn, a native New Yorker, was preparing to marry his Southern fiancée in Selma, Ala., a few years ago, he got some unexpected interference from his best man, Ben Flaccus, who suggested that the groom and groomsmen all wear matching blue seersucker suits.

Before Wedded Bliss, Battle Over the Guest List Elizabeth Bernstein 2011

Mr. Flaccus, 32, a political consultant in Brooklyn, N.Y., says that Mr. Bohn had asked for suggestions of groomsmen attire that would be less formal than a tuxedo and cool in the Alabama heat—and that he didn't feel that khakis were appropriate.

Before Wedded Bliss, Battle Over the Guest List Elizabeth Bernstein 2011

Associated Press writer Gillian Flaccus in Costa Mesa also contributed to this report.

Jerry Brown Ends Campaign On Optimistic Note AP 2010