Select Essays of Dio ChrysostomR. Phillips, 1800 - 256 Seiten |
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... possible value , except to kings , and , perhaps , generals . To whom then ? Shepherds , says Alexander , with a smile , and smiths , and husbandmen ( d ) : for he calls shep- herds the favourites of the Muses , and pre- scribes very ...
... possible value , except to kings , and , perhaps , generals . To whom then ? Shepherds , says Alexander , with a smile , and smiths , and husbandmen ( d ) : for he calls shep- herds the favourites of the Muses , and pre- scribes very ...
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... fication of a most unlettered sottishness : but his first and principal aim should be , the re- moval and dismission of all such propensities to the greatest possible distance from his own affections , 20 KINGLY GOVERNMENT .
... fication of a most unlettered sottishness : but his first and principal aim should be , the re- moval and dismission of all such propensities to the greatest possible distance from his own affections , 20 KINGLY GOVERNMENT .
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Dio (Chrysostom.) to the greatest possible distance from his own affections , and next , from the community , which he governs ; to suppress farces of intem- perate buffoonery , and the licentious ... possible distance from his own ...
Dio (Chrysostom.) to the greatest possible distance from his own affections , and next , from the community , which he governs ; to suppress farces of intem- perate buffoonery , and the licentious ... possible distance from his own ...
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... possible , over other nations , without limit , for the promotion of their happiness ; but under a dutiful submission to the Gods , as careful shepherds , and an honourable deference to those better and more happy natures , from a ...
... possible , over other nations , without limit , for the promotion of their happiness ; but under a dutiful submission to the Gods , as careful shepherds , and an honourable deference to those better and more happy natures , from a ...
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... - cause it was not possible for Jupiter to hate mankind ( m ) , or grudge them the enjoyment of any blessing . In reply to those , who alleged the imprac- ticability to man of a life resembling that of other 36 ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT .
... - cause it was not possible for Jupiter to hate mankind ( m ) , or grudge them the enjoyment of any blessing . In reply to those , who alleged the imprac- ticability to man of a life resembling that of other 36 ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT .
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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.