Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 547 pages |
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... look upon the bravest man as the noblest man . Suppose it were enquired of the fathers of such Patricians as Albinus and Bestia , whether , if they had their choice , they would desire sons of their character , or of mine ; what would ...
... look upon the bravest man as the noblest man . Suppose it were enquired of the fathers of such Patricians as Albinus and Bestia , whether , if they had their choice , they would desire sons of their character , or of mine ; what would ...
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... look upon it as a very advantageous practice ( and it is what many recommend ) to translate either from Greek into Latin , or from Latin into Greek . By this means you will furnish yourself with noble and proper expressions , with ...
... look upon it as a very advantageous practice ( and it is what many recommend ) to translate either from Greek into Latin , or from Latin into Greek . By this means you will furnish yourself with noble and proper expressions , with ...
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... look upon those delights which men , by a foolish though common mistake , call pleasure , as if they could change the nature of things , as well as the use of words , as things that not only do not advance our hap- piness , but do ...
... look upon those delights which men , by a foolish though common mistake , call pleasure , as if they could change the nature of things , as well as the use of words , as things that not only do not advance our hap- piness , but do ...
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... look upon that as a fetch of subtility that does not much alter the matter . So they think it is all one whether it be said that health is in itself a pleasure , or that it begets a pleasure , as fire gives heat , so it be granted that ...
... look upon that as a fetch of subtility that does not much alter the matter . So they think it is all one whether it be said that health is in itself a pleasure , or that it begets a pleasure , as fire gives heat , so it be granted that ...
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... look what this sudden shot should mean , as though he knew nothing of the matter . They there- upon looking out of the window into Thames , returned again , and showed him that it seemed to them there should be some noble- men and ...
... look what this sudden shot should mean , as though he knew nothing of the matter . They there- upon looking out of the window into Thames , returned again , and showed him that it seemed to them there should be some noble- men and ...
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