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... please ; the opprobrious language of the rude and illiterate is easily to be borne : and their contempt to be despised by those , whose endeavours aim at what is right and fit . be Go on , my Lucilius , and make all the speed you can ...
... please ; the opprobrious language of the rude and illiterate is easily to be borne : and their contempt to be despised by those , whose endeavours aim at what is right and fit . be Go on , my Lucilius , and make all the speed you can ...
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... this account , have tried upon them the feverest tortures , that cruelty could invent . And fhall not reafon overcome that pain , which laughter can get the better of ? of ? Tell me now what you please of rheums LUCIUS ANNEUS SENECA . 21.
... this account , have tried upon them the feverest tortures , that cruelty could invent . And fhall not reafon overcome that pain , which laughter can get the better of ? of ? Tell me now what you please of rheums LUCIUS ANNEUS SENECA . 21.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca. of ? Tell me now what you please of rheums , and the violence of a cough , throwing up part of your lungs ; and of a fever burning your heart - ftrings ; of the most painful thirst ; and of limbs and joints ...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca. of ? Tell me now what you please of rheums , and the violence of a cough , throwing up part of your lungs ; and of a fever burning your heart - ftrings ; of the most painful thirst ; and of limbs and joints ...
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... please them to reverence our memory , and do us honour . Not that there is any man whom virtue hath not recompenfed and dignified , in life as well as in death ; provided that he followed her with fincerity and integrity ; that he ...
... please them to reverence our memory , and do us honour . Not that there is any man whom virtue hath not recompenfed and dignified , in life as well as in death ; provided that he followed her with fincerity and integrity ; that he ...
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... please ; which you know is agreeable to one who loves to have his own way . Do I then not follow the ancients ? yes certainly , in fome things ; but I take the liberty to find out something myself ; to change or leave what I dislike ; I ...
... please ; which you know is agreeable to one who loves to have his own way . Do I then not follow the ancients ? yes certainly , in fome things ; but I take the liberty to find out something myself ; to change or leave what I dislike ; I ...
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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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