Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb1870 |
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... arrange the Cha- racters has been changed , in this Translation , for an order less embarrassing to the reader . The reasons for this change are stated in the Introduction , pp . 43 ff . The illustrative notes have been made to consist ...
... arrange the Cha- racters has been changed , in this Translation , for an order less embarrassing to the reader . The reasons for this change are stated in the Introduction , pp . 43 ff . The illustrative notes have been made to consist ...
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... arrangement . The plain , short sentences of the Characters , the series of infinitives strung together on the olos at the head of each chap- ter , like papers of all sizes on a file , do not resemble such work as the disciples of the ...
... arrangement . The plain , short sentences of the Characters , the series of infinitives strung together on the olos at the head of each chap- ter , like papers of all sizes on a file , do not resemble such work as the disciples of the ...
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... arrange- ment of them , upon which the manuscripts agree , we shall discover a want of symmetry and a confusion hardly reconcileable with the supposition that the book was put forth in this form by its author . Some qualities are ...
... arrange- ment of them , upon which the manuscripts agree , we shall discover a want of symmetry and a confusion hardly reconcileable with the supposition that the book was put forth in this form by its author . Some qualities are ...
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... arrangement the manuscripts agree . Unless such an order had ancient authority , it could scarcely have maintained ... arrange- ment . If it is contended that the Characters , though not the whole , may be a fragment of such a work , the ...
... arrangement the manuscripts agree . Unless such an order had ancient authority , it could scarcely have maintained ... arrange- ment . If it is contended that the Characters , though not the whole , may be a fragment of such a work , the ...
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... for himself . It would not , perhaps , be easy , with the given materials , to form an arrangement which should not be liable to criticism in at least Second ob- jection.- Charac- the same degree as Petersen's . ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 27.
... for himself . It would not , perhaps , be easy , with the given materials , to form an arrangement which should not be liable to criticism in at least Second ob- jection.- Charac- the same degree as Petersen's . ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 27.
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