The epistles of Lucius Ann¿us Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, 2. köide |
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... ftill be learning fomewhat , as long as there is any thing to be learned ; that is , according to the proverb , as long as he lives ( c ) . Nor is this more applicable to any other purpose than to the following , you must be learning as ...
... ftill be learning fomewhat , as long as there is any thing to be learned ; that is , according to the proverb , as long as he lives ( c ) . Nor is this more applicable to any other purpose than to the following , you must be learning as ...
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... ftill exift , they are in a much happier state than when detained in the body ( m ) . But if those things be good , which are made ufe of while in the body , it would then be worse for them to have been fet free ; but it is not credible ...
... ftill exift , they are in a much happier state than when detained in the body ( m ) . But if those things be good , which are made ufe of while in the body , it would then be worse for them to have been fet free ; but it is not credible ...
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... ftill learn fomewhat as I grow in years . Live and learn , fays the English proverb . Non fi finifce mai d ' imparare . Ital . - And very properly , as Hippocrates begins his aphorifms with , Ars longa , vita brevis . Raj , p . 170 ...
... ftill learn fomewhat as I grow in years . Live and learn , fays the English proverb . Non fi finifce mai d ' imparare . Ital . - And very properly , as Hippocrates begins his aphorifms with , Ars longa , vita brevis . Raj , p . 170 ...
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... ftill live ; for I em- ploy myself in many good and decent actions : I am unwilling to forego the duties of life , which I perform with fidelity and industry . What then , know you not , that it is one of the duties of life , to die ...
... ftill live ; for I em- ploy myself in many good and decent actions : I am unwilling to forego the duties of life , which I perform with fidelity and industry . What then , know you not , that it is one of the duties of life , to die ...
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... did not think I could die : I thought , I fay , I fhould ftill live , if not in their company yet in their VOL . II . Ꭰ memory ; memory ; and that I was not pouring out my LUCIUS ANNEUS SENECA . 17 . EPISTLE LXXVIII. ...
... did not think I could die : I thought , I fay , I fhould ftill live , if not in their company yet in their VOL . II . Ꭰ memory ; memory ; and that I was not pouring out my LUCIUS ANNEUS SENECA . 17 . EPISTLE LXXVIII. ...
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Page 161 - 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 182 - 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 145 - 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 181 - 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 145 - 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 85 - 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 196 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 140 - ... and dangers of the air and the earth, there are perils by water and perils by fire. This...
Page 140 - ... 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 148 - 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.