Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb1870 |
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... facts from points of view pe- culiar to itself ; but which either do not come into books , or are not fully explained there . Even in a living language such terms are sel- dom so well understood by a foreigner that he can be sure of ...
... facts from points of view pe- culiar to itself ; but which either do not come into books , or are not fully explained there . Even in a living language such terms are sel- dom so well understood by a foreigner that he can be sure of ...
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... fact , in this book , a fragment of the social language of Athens interpreted by a very full and explicit commentary . The value of such a fragment to the study of Greek history and literature is surely not slight . A series of men ...
... fact , in this book , a fragment of the social language of Athens interpreted by a very full and explicit commentary . The value of such a fragment to the study of Greek history and literature is surely not slight . A series of men ...
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... fact that Menander wrote a comedy with the title Δεισιδαίμων . Another kind of general evidence may Evidence probably be derived from the nature of the of the manners . Evidence of particular passages . social manners which the ...
... fact that Menander wrote a comedy with the title Δεισιδαίμων . Another kind of general evidence may Evidence probably be derived from the nature of the of the manners . Evidence of particular passages . social manners which the ...
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... fact , it was published in 1608 . On evidence of the like kind , confirmed by the general evidence first noticed , it is probable that the Characters were written in or about the years 322-300 B.C. If the inference which would have been ...
... fact , it was published in 1608 . On evidence of the like kind , confirmed by the general evidence first noticed , it is probable that the Characters were written in or about the years 322-300 B.C. If the inference which would have been ...
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... fact will be suggested presently ; we are now concerned only with the fact itself . Three things , then , seem against the view that the Characters , as now extant , originally formed a single work ; the multiform tradition ; the ...
... fact will be suggested presently ; we are now concerned only with the fact itself . Three things , then , seem against the view that the Characters , as now extant , originally formed a single work ; the multiform tradition ; the ...
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