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... Happy would it be for me indeed , if this ( going to school , as you call it ) was the only thing that disgraced my old age ! The school of philofophy invites men of every age : here let us grow old , and still follow it as earnestly as ...
... Happy would it be for me indeed , if this ( going to school , as you call it ) was the only thing that disgraced my old age ! The school of philofophy invites men of every age : here let us grow old , and still follow it as earnestly as ...
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... happy ; and that is the only good of man , by which only he is made happy . We likewise call all thofe things good , which proceed from or are : in contact with virtue ; they are all her works .. But , therefore is vir-tue only good ...
... happy ; and that is the only good of man , by which only he is made happy . We likewise call all thofe things good , which proceed from or are : in contact with virtue ; they are all her works .. But , therefore is vir-tue only good ...
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... happy than that of the gods : add now , that if fouls , when fet free from the body , 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 ...
... happy than that of the gods : add now , that if fouls , when fet free from the body , 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 ...
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... happy ; any more than those whom you fee dreffed up for kings on the stage : they strut in their buskins , and look big during the time of action ; but having made their exit , they are difrobed , and fhrink again to their own ftature ...
... happy ; any more than those whom you fee dreffed up for kings on the stage : they strut in their buskins , and look big during the time of action ; but having made their exit , they are difrobed , and fhrink again to their own ftature ...
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... happy . If he is threatened with excruciating torture of the body , either fuch as is cafual or inflicted by the injurious treatment of those in power ; if , of chains and banishment , and all the terrors that affright the mind of man ...
... happy . If he is threatened with excruciating torture of the body , either fuch as is cafual or inflicted by the injurious treatment of those in power ; if , of chains and banishment , and all the terrors that affright the mind of man ...
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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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