Select Essays of Dio ChrysostomR. Phillips, 1800 - 256 Seiten |
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... from the arbitrary domina- tion of Polycrates : a circumstance , which Ovid seems to have thought too striking and important to be left unnoticed in his most beau- tiful and interesting narrative of that extraor- dinary man ,
... from the arbitrary domina- tion of Polycrates : a circumstance , which Ovid seems to have thought too striking and important to be left unnoticed in his most beau- tiful and interesting narrative of that extraor- dinary man ,
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... sostom , the Christian preacher , so denominated for the same solid and splendid excellences of his style . In person our author is reasonably presumed , from various circumstances of praise and censure on PREFACE . vii.
... sostom , the Christian preacher , so denominated for the same solid and splendid excellences of his style . In person our author is reasonably presumed , from various circumstances of praise and censure on PREFACE . vii.
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Dio (Chrysostom.) presumed , from various circumstances of praise and censure on these topics in his orations , to have been slender , and of inferiour stature . He was married , brought up children , and lived to a good old - age . A ...
Dio (Chrysostom.) presumed , from various circumstances of praise and censure on these topics in his orations , to have been slender , and of inferiour stature . He was married , brought up children , and lived to a good old - age . A ...
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... circumstance , as for- midable , as important , or worthy of admira- tion ; this one excepted . The enjoyment of a single day at least without sorrow , without fear , and similar tormenting passions . Jason , the fable tells us , made ...
... circumstance , as for- midable , as important , or worthy of admira- tion ; this one excepted . The enjoyment of a single day at least without sorrow , without fear , and similar tormenting passions . Jason , the fable tells us , made ...
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... circumstances may admit , with efficacy and success ; nor will he suffer immo- derate elation from prosperity , or ignominious dejection from miscarriage , under a presenti- ment of conviction , that his most fortunate achievements ...
... circumstances may admit , with efficacy and success ; nor will he suffer immo- derate elation from prosperity , or ignominious dejection from miscarriage , under a presenti- ment of conviction , that his most fortunate achievements ...
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Seite 234 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
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Seite 238 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Seite 20 - Can his dear image from my soul depart, Long as the vital spirit moves my heart? If in the melancholy shades below, The flames of friends and lovers cease to glow, Yet mine shall sacred last; mine, undecay'd, Burn on through death, and animate my shade.
Seite 234 - Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time; houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting.
Seite 20 - The lance hiss'd harmless o'er his covering shield, And trembling struck, and rooted in the field; There yet scarce spent, it quivers on the plain, Sent by the great ^Eneas
Seite 4 - But horse to horse, and man to man they fight, Not rabid wolves more fierce contest their prey; Each wounds, each bleeds, but none resign the day. Discord with joy the scene of death descries, And drinks...
Seite 259 - Letters from Italy, between the years 1792 and 1798, containing a view of the Revolutions in that Country, from the Capture of Nice by the French Republic to the Expulsion of Pius VI from the...
Seite 243 - Quem neque pauperies nequemors neque vincula terrent, Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores Fortis, et in se ipso totus, teres atque rotundus, Externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, In quem manca ruit semper fortuna. Potesne Ex his ut proprium quid noscere ? Quinque talenta Poscit te mulier, vexat foribusque repulsum 90 Perfundit gelida, rursus vocat ; eripe turpi Colla jugo ; ' Liber, liber sum,
Seite 248 - The express resemblance of the gods, is changed Into some brutish form of wolf, or bear, Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were ; And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before ; And all their friends and native home forget, To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.