Book vii
. Sect. 2._
To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.[718-1]
_Natural History,
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to; Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
. Sect. 2._
To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.[718-1]
_Natural History,