Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb1870 |
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... called ' classical ' Greek prose1 . Changes in the lan- guage and in literary style proceeded rapidly from the beginning of the third century B.C .; and even those later writers who , like Lucian , especially studied Atticism , use ...
... called ' classical ' Greek prose1 . Changes in the lan- guage and in literary style proceeded rapidly from the beginning of the third century B.C .; and even those later writers who , like Lucian , especially studied Atticism , use ...
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... called noɩά1 , and racters been taken . 1 Plutarch in his Life of Pericles , c . 38 , quotes an anec- dote as given by Theophrastus ἐν τοῖς ἠθικοῖς . The other work , neρì noŵv , is mentioned by a scholiast on the Nicoma- chean Ethics ...
... called noɩά1 , and racters been taken . 1 Plutarch in his Life of Pericles , c . 38 , quotes an anec- dote as given by Theophrastus ἐν τοῖς ἠθικοῖς . The other work , neρì noŵv , is mentioned by a scholiast on the Nicoma- chean Ethics ...
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... rogues and knaves- " The Fraternitye of Vaca- bondes , " 1565 ; and " A Caveat for Common Cursetors vul- garely called Vagabones , set forth by Thomas Harman , ” 1567. ' " There was , in one particular , a rough 52 INTRODUCTION .
... rogues and knaves- " The Fraternitye of Vaca- bondes , " 1565 ; and " A Caveat for Common Cursetors vul- garely called Vagabones , set forth by Thomas Harman , ” 1567. ' " There was , in one particular , a rough 52 INTRODUCTION .
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... called a ' holy carelessness . ' Lastly , there is one example in Hall of an innovation upon the plan of Theophrastus , which later character - writers made more largely . In ' the Good Magistrate ' he de- scribes the representative ...
... called a ' holy carelessness . ' Lastly , there is one example in Hall of an innovation upon the plan of Theophrastus , which later character - writers made more largely . In ' the Good Magistrate ' he de- scribes the representative ...
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... called in to an arbitration he will seek to please , not only his principal , but the adversary as well , in order that he may be deemed impartial . He will say , too , that foreigners speak more justly than his fellow - citizens . Then ...
... called in to an arbitration he will seek to please , not only his principal , but the adversary as well , in order that he may be deemed impartial . He will say , too , that foreigners speak more justly than his fellow - citizens . Then ...
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