Verbs of promising and of paying govern a dative case; as

Menelaus Paridi fustuarium promisit:

Menelaus promised Paris a drubbing.

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"Gubernatoris" est pendere sartoribus pecuniam:

It is the place of "the governor" to pay tailors.

Hence young men may learn how desirable it is to be "in statu

pupillari." True, in that state of felicity, they are somewhat under

control, but the above example, and many others of a like nature,

sufficiently prove, that such restriction, compared to the

responsibilities of manhood, is but a _minor_ inconvenience.

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