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... attended it . Some few blundered at the Greek ; fome drew from the Scholiaft's Latin ; and others more humble , trode fcrupuloufly in the paces of Ami- ot . Thus copying the idioms of different languages , they pro- ceeded like the ...
... attended it . Some few blundered at the Greek ; fome drew from the Scholiaft's Latin ; and others more humble , trode fcrupuloufly in the paces of Ami- ot . Thus copying the idioms of different languages , they pro- ceeded like the ...
Page x
... attending it . But the labor and attention neceffary , as well to fecure as btain that favor , neither are , nor ought to be lefs : And with w .. ' ver fuccefs the prefent tranflators may be thought to have executed their undertaking ...
... attending it . But the labor and attention neceffary , as well to fecure as btain that favor , neither are , nor ought to be lefs : And with w .. ' ver fuccefs the prefent tranflators may be thought to have executed their undertaking ...
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... attending you , he will hare in the " honor of your fuccefs , as well as in that of your ap- pointment ; and you will avoid that envy which necef- farily follows all arrogated merit . " .66 .66 Plutarch had two brothers , whofe names ...
... attending you , he will hare in the " honor of your fuccefs , as well as in that of your ap- pointment ; and you will avoid that envy which necef- farily follows all arrogated merit . " .66 .66 Plutarch had two brothers , whofe names ...
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... attend to , the manner in which he lived , and to the reception he met with in Rome . During his refidence in that ... attended his lectures . The ftudy of the Greek language and philofophy was at that time the greatest pursuits of the ...
... attend to , the manner in which he lived , and to the reception he met with in Rome . During his refidence in that ... attended his lectures . The ftudy of the Greek language and philofophy was at that time the greatest pursuits of the ...
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... attending that which they were to name . The Greek word Thefis fignifies laying up , and thefthai uien , to acknowledge , or rather to adopt a fon . Ageus did both ; the ceremony of adoption being necellary to enable Thefeus , who was ...
... attending that which they were to name . The Greek word Thefis fignifies laying up , and thefthai uien , to acknowledge , or rather to adopt a fon . Ageus did both ; the ceremony of adoption being necellary to enable Thefeus , who was ...
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Page 128 - ... in the hands of a few. Determined therefore to root out the evils of insolence, envy, avarice, and luxury, and those distempers of a state still more inveterate and fatal, I mean poverty and riches...
Page 151 - For along with foreigners come new subjects of discourse * ; new discourse produces new opinions ; and from these there necessarily spring new passions 'and desires, which, like discords in music, would disturb the established government. He, therefore, thought it more expedient for the city, to keep out of it corrupt customs and manners, than even to prevent the introduction of a pestilence.
Page 169 - During the first hundred and seventy years they built temples, indeed, and other sacred domes, but placed in them no figure of any kind, persuaded that it is impious to represent things divine by what is perishable, and that we can have no conception of God but by the understanding.
Page 383 - The sudden darkness was looked upon as an unfavourable omen, and threw them into the greatest consternation. Pericles, observing that the pilot was much astonished and perplexed, took his cloak, and having covered his eyes with it, asked him;
Page 139 - ... of obedience. The old men were present at their diversions, and often suggested some occasion of dispute or quarrel, that they might observe with exactness the spirit of each, and their firmness in battle.
Page 284 - This child is greater than any man in Greece ; for the Athenians command the Greeks, I .command the Athenians, his mother commands me, and he commands his mother.