Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... Pompey ) are ' sui amantes sine rivali ' are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves , they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune , whose wings they thought ...
... Pompey ) are ' sui amantes sine rivali ' are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves , they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune , whose wings they thought ...
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... Pompey , after surnamed the Great , to that height that Pompey vaunted him- self for Sylla's over - match ; for when he had carried the consul- ship for a friend of his , against the pursuit of Sylla , and that Sylla did a little resent ...
... Pompey , after surnamed the Great , to that height that Pompey vaunted him- self for Sylla's over - match ; for when he had carried the consul- ship for a friend of his , against the pursuit of Sylla , and that Sylla did a little resent ...
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... Pompey's preparation against Cæsar , saith , Consilium Pompeii plane Themistocleum est ; putat enim , qui mari potitur , eum rerum potiri ; ' and without doubt , Pompey had tired out Cæsar , if upon vain confidence he had not left that ...
... Pompey's preparation against Cæsar , saith , Consilium Pompeii plane Themistocleum est ; putat enim , qui mari potitur , eum rerum potiri ; ' and without doubt , Pompey had tired out Cæsar , if upon vain confidence he had not left that ...
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... Pompey well , who , when he saw his stately galleries and rooms so large and lightsome , in one of his houses , said , ' Surely , an excellent place for summer , but how do you in winter ? ' Lucullus answered , ' Why do you not think me ...
... Pompey well , who , when he saw his stately galleries and rooms so large and lightsome , in one of his houses , said , ' Surely , an excellent place for summer , but how do you in winter ? ' Lucullus answered , ' Why do you not think me ...
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... smell of their blossom ) , red currants , gooseberries , rosemary , 1 Curiosity . Elegance . 2. Even at the base of Pompey's statua .'- Shakespere , Jul . Cæsar . bays , sweetbriar , and such like ; but these Essay xlvi . ] 473 Of Gardens .
... smell of their blossom ) , red currants , gooseberries , rosemary , 1 Curiosity . Elegance . 2. Even at the base of Pompey's statua .'- Shakespere , Jul . Cæsar . bays , sweetbriar , and such like ; but these Essay xlvi . ] 473 Of Gardens .
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