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... under the command of Menelaus , a foreigner . They then proceeded to
convene an assembly of the people , in order to consider what measures were to
be taken to check the progress of Philip . On which occasion Demofthenes , for
the first ...
... under the command of Menelaus , a foreigner . They then proceeded to
convene an assembly of the people , in order to consider what measures were to
be taken to check the progress of Philip . On which occasion Demofthenes , for
the first ...
Page 652
Such too is my spia principle , to consider all as enemies who rit , Romans , that I
will never yield to ine had any interest in the well being of the audaciousness of
any , but even provoke itate ; I have conducted myself in such a and attack all the
...
Such too is my spia principle , to consider all as enemies who rit , Romans , that I
will never yield to ine had any interest in the well being of the audaciousness of
any , but even provoke itate ; I have conducted myself in such a and attack all the
...
Page 857
To be convinced of the great advantage But surely “ ' twere to consider too cu of
cherishing this high regard to posterity , ^ riously , ” as Horatio says to Hamlet ,
this noble delire of an after - life in the “ to consider thus . ” For though fame
breath ...
To be convinced of the great advantage But surely “ ' twere to consider too cu of
cherishing this high regard to posterity , ^ riously , ” as Horatio says to Hamlet ,
this noble delire of an after - life in the “ to consider thus . ” For though fame
breath ...
Page 927
When he is fut our advantage , and consider the organs of on thore , he is
amazed to see the people speech as the instruments of understanding : freak the
fame language , wear the same ke mould be very careful not to use them dress ,
and ...
When he is fut our advantage , and consider the organs of on thore , he is
amazed to see the people speech as the instruments of understanding : freak the
fame language , wear the same ke mould be very careful not to use them dress ,
and ...
Page 943
... man of war ; and he who , like a Turk . such a variety in it , as gaming ; whether
ish vizier , levies contributions on those we consider it as carried on by card , dice
, who hold posts and places under his mashorse - racing , pitting , berring , & c .
... man of war ; and he who , like a Turk . such a variety in it , as gaming ; whether
ish vizier , levies contributions on those we consider it as carried on by card , dice
, who hold posts and places under his mashorse - racing , pitting , berring , & c .
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Page 698 - Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him : but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.
Page 933 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
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Page 888 - Jonson, never equalled them to him in their esteem, and in the last king's court, when Ben's reputation was at highest, Sir John Suckling, and with him the greater part of the courtiers, set our Shakespeare far above him.
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| Title | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Volume 2 Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Vicesimus Knox |
| Author | Vicesimus Knox |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | B. Law [and others], 1797 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
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