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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... Natural Philosophy and Religion . Nature , Love of .... Neglect , Felltham on ...... 426 Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton ...... 308 263 Reading , Gibbon on ... 258 .... 114 Religion and Moral Conduct .... 198 ... 186 Religion not Hostile to ...
... Natural Philosophy and Religion . Nature , Love of .... Neglect , Felltham on ...... 426 Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton ...... 308 263 Reading , Gibbon on ... 258 .... 114 Religion and Moral Conduct .... 198 ... 186 Religion not Hostile to ...
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... nature , infinitely surpasses all the riches of the world ; in comparison with which precious stones are vile , silver is clay , and purified gold grains of sand ; in the splendour of which the sun and moon grow dim to the sight ; in ...
... nature , infinitely surpasses all the riches of the world ; in comparison with which precious stones are vile , silver is clay , and purified gold grains of sand ; in the splendour of which the sun and moon grow dim to the sight ; in ...
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... nature . Every one can tell how Fabius Maximus conducted his army , and with what carefulness and caution he pro- ceeded , contrary to the ancient heat and boldness of the Romans , and it happened that grave way was more conformable to ...
... nature . Every one can tell how Fabius Maximus conducted his army , and with what carefulness and caution he pro- ceeded , contrary to the ancient heat and boldness of the Romans , and it happened that grave way was more conformable to ...
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... nature leads us ; for they reckon that nature leads us only to those delights to which reason as well as sense carries us , and by which we neither injure any other person nor let go greater pleasures for it , and which do not draw ...
... nature leads us ; for they reckon that nature leads us only to those delights to which reason as well as sense carries us , and by which we neither injure any other person nor let go greater pleasures for it , and which do not draw ...
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... nature to pleasure as sickness itself is to health , so they hold that health carries a pleasure along with it . And if any should say that sickness is not really a pain , but that it only carries a pain along with it , they look upon ...
... nature to pleasure as sickness itself is to health , so they hold that health carries a pleasure along with it . And if any should say that sickness is not really a pain , but that it only carries a pain along with it , they look upon ...
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