Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb1870 |
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... comparing this edition with any other in the chapters περὶ ἀγροικίας , ἀπονοίας , βδελυ- ρίας , περιεργίας , ἀναισθησίας , δυσχερείας , ἀηδίας , ὀψι- palías . At least three objections may evidently be made to such omissions . First ...
... comparing this edition with any other in the chapters περὶ ἀγροικίας , ἀπονοίας , βδελυ- ρίας , περιεργίας , ἀναισθησίας , δυσχερείας , ἀηδίας , ὀψι- palías . At least three objections may evidently be made to such omissions . First ...
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... in the three chapters of Theophrastus on Penurious- ness , Meanness , and Avarice . But a safer mode of proceeding is surely to compare the general style of the passage in Aristotle with the general 32 INTRODUCTION .
... in the three chapters of Theophrastus on Penurious- ness , Meanness , and Avarice . But a safer mode of proceeding is surely to compare the general style of the passage in Aristotle with the general 32 INTRODUCTION .
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... compare Theophrastus with one or two of the modern writers who have taken him as their master , or who resemble him in the form of their work . The chief , or among the chief , of these are Hall , Earle , Overbury , and La Bruyère . The ...
... compare Theophrastus with one or two of the modern writers who have taken him as their master , or who resemble him in the form of their work . The chief , or among the chief , of these are Hall , Earle , Overbury , and La Bruyère . The ...
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... comparing the portraits of the Garrulous and Loquacious men . The only instance of a certain vague- ness seems to us to be the chapter on Un- pleasantness ; but this , very likely , is only because we have not got the right point of ...
... comparing the portraits of the Garrulous and Loquacious men . The only instance of a certain vague- ness seems to us to be the chapter on Un- pleasantness ; but this , very likely , is only because we have not got the right point of ...
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... comparing one with the other can giue a verdict well - neere propheti- call : wherein his conjectures are better than another's judgements . ' And this in the Faithful character : ' The celestiall spirits do not scorne his company , yea ...
... comparing one with the other can giue a verdict well - neere propheti- call : wherein his conjectures are better than another's judgements . ' And this in the Faithful character : ' The celestiall spirits do not scorne his company , yea ...
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