Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb1870 |
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... life is pretty sure to make some statements of this kind . He can only take precautions to keep the number down as much as possible . TRINITY COLlege , April 4 , 1870 . INTRODUCTION . I. PROBABLE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . THE xii PREFACE .
... life is pretty sure to make some statements of this kind . He can only take precautions to keep the number down as much as possible . TRINITY COLlege , April 4 , 1870 . INTRODUCTION . I. PROBABLE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . THE xii PREFACE .
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... kind . This is one of the obvious rea- sons against interlarding one's mother - speech with words borrowed to express ideas pithily ; the words so borrowed are usually just those cases . which a foreigner is most likely to use wrongly ...
... kind . This is one of the obvious rea- sons against interlarding one's mother - speech with words borrowed to express ideas pithily ; the words so borrowed are usually just those cases . which a foreigner is most likely to use wrongly ...
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... 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 Characters ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 9.
... 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 Characters ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 9.
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... 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 safe in re- spect to Hall's ' Busie - Bodie ' is safe in ...
... 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 safe in re- spect to Hall's ' Busie - Bodie ' is safe in ...
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... kind as the Nicoma- chean Ethics , but more comprehensive . ' Usener , in his Ana- lecta Theophrastea , ( 1858 , ) an examination of the catalogue of the works of Theophrastus in Diog . V. 42-50 , supposes that the ἠθικά was a ...
... kind as the Nicoma- chean Ethics , but more comprehensive . ' Usener , in his Ana- lecta Theophrastea , ( 1858 , ) an examination of the catalogue of the works of Theophrastus in Diog . V. 42-50 , supposes that the ἠθικά was a ...
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