The epistles of Lucius Ann¿us Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, 2. köide |
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... those , whose endeavours aim at what is right and fit . be Go on , my Lucilius , and make all the fpeed you can , that it may not your cafe as it was mine , to be obliged to learn in your old age ; and hasten so much the more ; because ...
... those , whose endeavours aim at what is right and fit . be Go on , my Lucilius , and make all the fpeed you can , that it may not your cafe as it was mine , to be obliged to learn in your old age ; and hasten so much the more ; because ...
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... those things of which the gods make no use , fuch as riches and honours , were really good , the life of man would be much more happy than that of the gods : add now , that if souls , when fet free from the body , ftill exift , they are ...
... those things of which the gods make no use , fuch as riches and honours , were really good , the life of man would be much more happy than that of the gods : add now , that if souls , when fet free from the body , ftill exift , they are ...
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... those for whom he lays down his life , is in the highest glee , and enjoys his peril . Nay , even he that is ... those whom you fee arrayed in purple , is happy ; any more than those whom you fee dreffed up for kings on the stage ...
... those for whom he lays down his life , is in the highest glee , and enjoys his peril . Nay , even he that is ... those whom you fee arrayed in purple , is happy ; any more than those whom you fee dreffed up for kings on the stage ...
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... those in power ; if , of chains and banishment , and all the ter- rors that affright the mind of man , he hears without anxiety , and faith ( with Eneas in Virg . 6. 103 ) Non ulla laborum , O virgo , nova mi facies inopinave furgit ...
... those in power ; if , of chains and banishment , and all the ter- rors that affright the mind of man , he hears without anxiety , and faith ( with Eneas in Virg . 6. 103 ) Non ulla laborum , O virgo , nova mi facies inopinave furgit ...
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... those who had waited upon him all his days . Marcellinus was of an easy and liberal difpofition , especially in those things that were properly his own ; he therefore parcell'd out fome small fums to his fervants who ftood weeping by ...
... those who had waited upon him all his days . Marcellinus was of an easy and liberal difpofition , especially in those things that were properly his own ; he therefore parcell'd out fome small fums to his fervants who ftood weeping by ...
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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.