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... represent an independent book published by Theophrastus . It justifies the grotesque subjects of some chapters , and the pointedly humorous style of all , on the Traces of a later hand . The proem . plain ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 39.
... represent an independent book published by Theophrastus . It justifies the grotesque subjects of some chapters , and the pointedly humorous style of all , on the Traces of a later hand . The proem . plain ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 39.
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... proem , in the clauses added at the end of certain chapters , and probably in some of the definitions . The common consent of critics has long pronounced the proem spurious . Theophrastus is made to say in it that he is about to record ...
... proem , in the clauses added at the end of certain chapters , and probably in some of the definitions . The common consent of critics has long pronounced the proem spurious . Theophrastus is made to say in it that he is about to record ...
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... proem has , indeed , thus much of internal evidence in its favour - that some of the sentiments found in that composition are strongly suggestive of second childhood . ' Often before now , ' says the writer , ' have I applied my ...
... proem has , indeed , thus much of internal evidence in its favour - that some of the sentiments found in that composition are strongly suggestive of second childhood . ' Often before now , ' says the writer , ' have I applied my ...
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... proem as an argument against the original unity of the book . The forger added it , he thinks , ' ut speciem hae unitatis ha- berent laciniae . ' I abstained above ( pp . 17 ff . ) from using this argument , because it seemed to me two ...
... proem as an argument against the original unity of the book . The forger added it , he thinks , ' ut speciem hae unitatis ha- berent laciniae . ' I abstained above ( pp . 17 ff . ) from using this argument , because it seemed to me two ...
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... proem and clauses were probably added , the inter- Petersen's conjecture appears very probable , polations . that they are due to a rhetorician of the second or third century of the Christian era . He supposes that the same person ...
... proem and clauses were probably added , the inter- Petersen's conjecture appears very probable , polations . that they are due to a rhetorician of the second or third century of the Christian era . He supposes that the same person ...
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