Select Essays of Dio ChrysostomR. Phillips, 1800 - 256 Seiten |
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... speak of mount Olympus as less illustrious than Pelion : nor in fact have I enjoyed fewer advantages of education under Aristotle , than Achilles under Phoenix , a fugitive from his country , and at variance with Amyntor his fa- ther ...
... speak of mount Olympus as less illustrious than Pelion : nor in fact have I enjoyed fewer advantages of education under Aristotle , than Achilles under Phoenix , a fugitive from his country , and at variance with Amyntor his fa- ther ...
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... speak both against Demosthenes , a most formidable and bewitching orator ; and against the rest of the Athenian statesmen . Assure yourself , said Philip playfully , that I would give up Amphipo- lis to the Athenians for the oratorical ...
... speak both against Demosthenes , a most formidable and bewitching orator ; and against the rest of the Athenian statesmen . Assure yourself , said Philip playfully , that I would give up Amphipo- lis to the Athenians for the oratorical ...
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... speaking , a provident direction of affairs is dif ficult , where experience is wanting ; and the mis- chief will prove proportionate to the magnitude of the concern . Does the use of an ass and a horse appear to you exactly similar ...
... speaking , a provident direction of affairs is dif ficult , where experience is wanting ; and the mis- chief will prove proportionate to the magnitude of the concern . Does the use of an ass and a horse appear to you exactly similar ...
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... speak neither of the strong , nor beautiful , as contemplated by mankind in the character of Divinities , but of the eloquent alone ( d ) . However , I both praise and admire you for your conviction of these truths , and your dili ...
... speak neither of the strong , nor beautiful , as contemplated by mankind in the character of Divinities , but of the eloquent alone ( d ) . However , I both praise and admire you for your conviction of these truths , and your dili ...
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... speak- ing , and is performed with less trouble : then , though the practice of composition may pro- duce more vigour , dictation is the parent of ease and fluency . Nor , when you do write , should you employ yourself in the fictitious ...
... speak- ing , and is performed with less trouble : then , though the practice of composition may pro- duce more vigour , dictation is the parent of ease and fluency . Nor , when you do write , should you employ yourself in the fictitious ...
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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.