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... chapter consists of a string of short sentences not necessarily connected in meaning . When , therefore , in any one of these the genuine reading has been lost , no sure clue for its recovery can be looked for from the context ; for it ...
... chapter consists of a string of short sentences not necessarily connected in meaning . When , therefore , in any one of these the genuine reading has been lost , no sure clue for its recovery can be looked for from the context ; for it ...
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... chapters περὶ ἀγροικίας , ἀπονοίας , βδελυ- ρίας , περιεργίας , αναισθησίας , δυσχερείας , ἀηδίας , όψι palías . At least three objections may evidently be made to such omissions . First , that a translator so fastidious would have done ...
... chapters περὶ ἀγροικίας , ἀπονοίας , βδελυ- ρίας , περιεργίας , αναισθησίας , δυσχερείας , ἀηδίας , όψι palías . At least three objections may evidently be made to such omissions . First , that a translator so fastidious would have done ...
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... chapters , as well as for certain addi- tions to thirteen others . A short account of the manuscripts and of the principal editions will be found in another place ' . Here it will be enough to say that there have been three epochs in ...
... chapters , as well as for certain addi- tions to thirteen others . A short account of the manuscripts and of the principal editions will be found in another place ' . Here it will be enough to say that there have been three epochs in ...
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... chapters and of the other additions in the Vatican MS . may be said to have been established . The origin of a book so singular in style and with a history so peculiar has been the subject of various theories . It is proposed briefly to ...
... chapters and of the other additions in the Vatican MS . may be said to have been established . The origin of a book so singular in style and with a history so peculiar has been the subject of various theories . It is proposed briefly to ...
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... chapter , at least , was written early in the year 316 B. C .; but this is uncertain and unimportant . ― ex- The life of Theophrastus , though its pre- Date of Theophras- cise limits are doubtful , falls in the period tus . The ...
... chapter , at least , was written early in the year 316 B. C .; but this is uncertain and unimportant . ― ex- The life of Theophrastus , though its pre- Date of Theophras- cise limits are doubtful , falls in the period tus . The ...
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