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... epistle with a few words of advice , tran- scribed from those letters of Lord Chatham , to some passages in which I have already called your attention : - " You have the true clue to guide you , in the maxim that the use of learning is ...
... epistle with a few words of advice , tran- scribed from those letters of Lord Chatham , to some passages in which I have already called your attention : - " You have the true clue to guide you , in the maxim that the use of learning is ...
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... epistles , whether he gives certain characters as his own or as the popular opinion , that we can scarcely avail ourselves of his decisions , but as we find them confirmed by other and tantamount authorities . Among the principal of ...
... epistles , whether he gives certain characters as his own or as the popular opinion , that we can scarcely avail ourselves of his decisions , but as we find them confirmed by other and tantamount authorities . Among the principal of ...
Page 119
... Epistle Viro illustri Petro Danieli Huetio , she says , " In Græcis Litteris nil elegantius , nil tersius , nil politius unquam fuit . " The recent edition by Dr. Blomfield , the present Bishop of Chester , is now become the standard ...
... Epistle Viro illustri Petro Danieli Huetio , she says , " In Græcis Litteris nil elegantius , nil tersius , nil politius unquam fuit . " The recent edition by Dr. Blomfield , the present Bishop of Chester , is now become the standard ...
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... Epistles . His filial piety was most creditable to good feel- ing . He was far from the affectation of wishing to sink his parentage : on the contrary , he delights in talking of his father ; and represents him , both in the passage at ...
... Epistles . His filial piety was most creditable to good feel- ing . He was far from the affectation of wishing to sink his parentage : on the contrary , he delights in talking of his father ; and represents him , both in the passage at ...
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... . His account of his Sabine farm , in his epistle to Quintius , furnishes a pleasing specimen of his de- scriptive powers . Along a valley , between the Teverone and Currese , a ridge of hills ran from ON HORACE . 143.
... . His account of his Sabine farm , in his epistle to Quintius , furnishes a pleasing specimen of his de- scriptive powers . Along a valley , between the Teverone and Currese , a ridge of hills ran from ON HORACE . 143.
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Æneid Alcibiades ancient Antipater army Athens ation atque Ausonius autem Cæsar character Cicero Cinna critics cujus death Diogenes Laertius ejus elegant enemy enim Epicurus epistle etiam expression father following passage gives Greek hæc Herod honour Horace Horace's humour Hyrcanus illi inter ipse Jerusalem Jews Josephus Judea king Latin Mariamne ment mentioned mihi modern moral natural neque Nicias nihil occasion omnes omnia opinion Ovid person Phasael philosopher Plautus Plutarch poet probably quæ quam quia quid quidem quod quoque Roman Rome satire says seems Seneca Suetonius sunt Tacitus tamen Terence tetrarch thou tibi Timon tion Titus Vespasian Virgil αὐτοῦ γὰρ δὲ δὲ καὶ εἶναι εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ ἐς καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ περὶ πρὸς τὰ τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὑπὸ ὡς