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Page 22
... violent , so are they generally changeable and often contrary to themselves . " Tacitus observes that honours and fortune more often alter men's dispositions to the worse than to the better ; " Vespasian alone was changed for the better ...
... violent , so are they generally changeable and often contrary to themselves . " Tacitus observes that honours and fortune more often alter men's dispositions to the worse than to the better ; " Vespasian alone was changed for the better ...
Page 42
... violent , not of a wicked and impious , not of an unjust and oppressive , not of a seditious and turbulent , not of an incontinent and sensual , not finally of a foolish and incapable person , but the cha- racter of a scorner . And this ...
... violent , not of a wicked and impious , not of an unjust and oppressive , not of a seditious and turbulent , not of an incontinent and sensual , not finally of a foolish and incapable person , but the cha- racter of a scorner . And this ...
Page 66
... violent , and in everything pressing on to the end ; the other solemn , re- spectful of the laws , and regulating everything with a view to his dignity and character , which made him far less strong and effectual in accomplishing his ...
... violent , and in everything pressing on to the end ; the other solemn , re- spectful of the laws , and regulating everything with a view to his dignity and character , which made him far less strong and effectual in accomplishing his ...
Page 139
... violent motion ; whence they are as hired servants to drive ships and turn mills , and may , if human in- dustry fail not , be employed for many other purposes . The nature of the winds is generally ranked among the things mys- terious ...
... violent motion ; whence they are as hired servants to drive ships and turn mills , and may , if human in- dustry fail not , be employed for many other purposes . The nature of the winds is generally ranked among the things mys- terious ...
Page 151
... violently in the morning and evening than at noon and night . 5. Free winds are more general in lands full of holes and ca- vities than on solid and firm soils . Injunction . Human care has been very remiss in the obser- vation of ...
... violently in the morning and evening than at noon and night . 5. Free winds are more general in lands full of holes and ca- vities than on solid and firm soils . Injunction . Human care has been very remiss in the obser- vation of ...
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