Theophrastou Charaktēres. The Characters of Theophrastus, an Engl. tr. with intr. and notes by R.C. Jebb1870 |
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... 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 . I - 2 ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 3.
... 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 . I - 2 ORIGIN OF THE BOOK . 3.
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... usually 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 ...
... usually 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 ...
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... for the forgery . 1 In this ed . , nos . V. ( usually I. ) , XVI . ( VI . ) , XVIII . ( III . ) , XX . ( VIII . ) , XXI . ( XXVIII . ) , XXX . ( XXIX ) . text were always certain , the fitness of the definition 42 INTRODUCTION .
... for the forgery . 1 In this ed . , nos . V. ( usually I. ) , XVI . ( VI . ) , XVIII . ( III . ) , XX . ( VIII . ) , XXI . ( XXVIII . ) , XXX . ( XXIX ) . text were always certain , the fitness of the definition 42 INTRODUCTION .
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... usually accurate . Thus the Penurious , Mean , and Avaricious men are described with- out any confusion of the ideas distinctive of each , and without the special significance of their respective actions being lost in the strong general ...
... usually accurate . Thus the Penurious , Mean , and Avaricious men are described with- out any confusion of the ideas distinctive of each , and without the special significance of their respective actions being lost in the strong general ...
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... usually mean by ' flattery , ' but something coarser . It meant a sort of extravagant toadyism , practised , not as a fine art , but simply as an industry - as a recognised method of ob- taining a livelihood . This tone is unconsciously ...
... usually mean by ' flattery , ' but something coarser . It meant a sort of extravagant toadyism , practised , not as a fine art , but simply as an industry - as a recognised method of ob- taining a livelihood . This tone is unconsciously ...
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