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Thus , Lucilius , have I contracted and run through the several points , which I explained more at large in my former Epiftle . But you will never approve of this my opinion or think it true , unless you raise your ↓ your mind ...
Thus , Lucilius , have I contracted and run through the several points , which I explained more at large in my former Epiftle . But you will never approve of this my opinion or think it true , unless you raise your ↓ your mind ...
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... ungrateful If this is the first time , you ought to thank either your good fortune , or your own care and diligence . But care and diligence can do little or nothing in this respect , unless it were to make you malevoF lent . VOL .
... ungrateful If this is the first time , you ought to thank either your good fortune , or your own care and diligence . But care and diligence can do little or nothing in this respect , unless it were to make you malevoF lent . VOL .
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... he fixeth his mind on fome former and better object ; nor changeth it against thofe , who have once well deserved : unless the evil far furpass the former good deeds ; and the difference is palpable , though he shuts his eyes ...
... he fixeth his mind on fome former and better object ; nor changeth it against thofe , who have once well deserved : unless the evil far furpass the former good deeds ; and the difference is palpable , though he shuts his eyes ...
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A man thinks himself poor and mean , unless the walls are decorated with large and precious emboffments ( e ) ; unless Alexandrian marble ( f ) is pointed and inlaid with Numidian rough - caft ; unlefs a rich and curiously variegated ...
A man thinks himself poor and mean , unless the walls are decorated with large and precious emboffments ( e ) ; unless Alexandrian marble ( f ) is pointed and inlaid with Numidian rough - caft ; unlefs a rich and curiously variegated ...
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... ( Gorgonius hircum ) -A man ufeth not ointment enough nowa - days , unless he be perfumed twice or thrice every day , left it should foak into his fkin , and be loft : nay more , they glory in the smell as if it was natural .
... ( Gorgonius hircum ) -A man ufeth not ointment enough nowa - days , unless he be perfumed twice or thrice every day , left it should foak into his fkin , and be loft : nay more , they glory in the smell as if it was natural .
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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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