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... against it : tell him , the favour will foon be loft , and buried in oblivion : that the citizens will not make him any return of grateful efteem . He will readily answer , all thefe things concern not my action : I confider it in ...
... against it : tell him , the favour will foon be loft , and buried in oblivion : that the citizens will not make him any return of grateful efteem . He will readily answer , all thefe things concern not my action : I confider it in ...
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... Against the Fear of Death . I ( Hope you are well ; ( a ) and ) beg leave to inform you , Lucilius , that , this day , fomewhat unexpectedly appeared in fight the Alexandrian Ships ( b ) , which are ufually fent before to announce the ...
... Against the Fear of Death . I ( Hope you are well ; ( a ) and ) beg leave to inform you , Lucilius , that , this day , fomewhat unexpectedly appeared in fight the Alexandrian Ships ( b ) , which are ufually fent before to announce the ...
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... against his will . ( g ) God forbid that fuicide fhould ever be thought neceffary among heathens , much less among Christians . When Nature speaks for herself , even the Stoics with whom it was an avowed doctrine , speak in a fofter ...
... against his will . ( g ) God forbid that fuicide fhould ever be thought neceffary among heathens , much less among Christians . When Nature speaks for herself , even the Stoics with whom it was an avowed doctrine , speak in a fofter ...
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... against these infirmities ; but at length the burden was too great for me , and I fell into a fevere diforder of this kind . I was quite emaciated ( a ) , and began to think that life was not worth preferving : but the old age of a most ...
... against these infirmities ; but at length the burden was too great for me , and I fell into a fevere diforder of this kind . I was quite emaciated ( a ) , and began to think that life was not worth preferving : but the old age of a most ...
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... against them with all his might : he will certainly be overcome if he gives way ; but if he bears up with patience and refolution against pain , he will overcome it : but the manner of most men , is , to draw upon themselves that ...
... against them with all his might : he will certainly be overcome if he gives way ; but if he bears up with patience and refolution against pain , he will overcome it : but the manner of most men , is , to draw upon themselves that ...
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Page 165 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 186 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 149 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 185 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 149 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 89 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 200 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 144 - ... and dangers of the air and the earth, there are perils by water and perils by fire. This...
Page 144 - ... and virtuous men ; as may enable us to encounter the accidents of life with fortitude, and to conform ourfelves to the order of nature, who governs her great kingdom, the world, by continual mutations.
Page 142 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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| Pealkiri | The epistles of Lucius Ann¿us Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, 2. köide The epistles of Lucius Ann¿us Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| Autor | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| Translated by | Thomas Morell |
| Published | 1786 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 apr. 2006 |
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