Philological Inquiries: In Three Parts, Bind 3C. Nourse, 1781 |
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Side 250
... manner of writing is orderly ; his ftile clear and copious ; copious in its better fense , by leaving nothing unexplained , not copious by perplexing us with tiresome Tautology . To thofe , who wish for a taste of this Literature , I ...
... manner of writing is orderly ; his ftile clear and copious ; copious in its better fense , by leaving nothing unexplained , not copious by perplexing us with tiresome Tautology . To thofe , who wish for a taste of this Literature , I ...
Side 254
... manner , in the space of fix months , " they were all confumed . " THE Hiftorian , having related the Story , adds from his own feelings , HEAR WHAT WAS DONE , AND WONDER * . THUS ended this noble Library ; and thus began , if it did ...
... manner , in the space of fix months , " they were all confumed . " THE Hiftorian , having related the Story , adds from his own feelings , HEAR WHAT WAS DONE , AND WONDER * . THUS ended this noble Library ; and thus began , if it did ...
Side 255
... Manners of the prefent Inha- bitants Olives and Honey . H AVING mentioned ATHENS , I Ch.III . hope that celebrated City will justi- fy a Digreffion , and the more fo , as that Digreffion will terminate in Events , which belong to the ...
... Manners of the prefent Inha- bitants Olives and Honey . H AVING mentioned ATHENS , I Ch.III . hope that celebrated City will justi- fy a Digreffion , and the more fo , as that Digreffion will terminate in Events , which belong to the ...
Side 267
... manner in which he taught ; from his walking about , at the time , when he differted * . The Term , EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY , needs no Explanation . OPEN Air , Shade , Water , and pleasant Walks feem above all things to favour that ...
... manner in which he taught ; from his walking about , at the time , when he differted * . The Term , EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY , needs no Explanation . OPEN Air , Shade , Water , and pleasant Walks feem above all things to favour that ...
Side 270
... Manners ) was of a purple red , intermixed with white . This circumftance could not escape the witty Athenians : they described him in a verfe , and ridiculously faid , SYLLA's face is a Mulberry , Sprinkled with meal * . THE ...
... Manners ) was of a purple red , intermixed with white . This circumftance could not escape the witty Athenians : they described him in a verfe , and ridiculously faid , SYLLA's face is a Mulberry , Sprinkled with meal * . THE ...
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Abulfeda ABULPHARAGIUS admired againſt alfo alſo anſwer antient Arabian Arabic Ariftotle ATHENS Author AVERROES becauſe Bohadin Book Caliph called Caufe celebrated Century Ch.IX Chap Character CIMABUE City Claffical Conftantinople Crufades curious defcribed Edition elegant Emperor Empire English EPICURUS Fable faid fame fays fecond feem fent fhall fhort fhould fince fingular firft firſt flouriſhed fome fometimes foon ftill fubject fubjoined fuch fuperior fuppofed Greek Guy's Cliff Hiftorian Hiftory himſelf Honain ibid illuftrated inftances JOHN OF SALISBURY King Knowlege laft Latin learned lefs Library Literature LIVY Manners Manufcripts Meaſure mentioned moft Monk moſt Mufic muſt Nicetas obferving perfon period Petersburgh PETRARCH Philofophers Plato Poetry Poets Polygnotus prefent preferved Prince Prince POTEMKIN publiſhed quoted racter reaſon RHIME Roman Saladin ſay ſeems Sentiment Suidas Tafte Taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflated twas uſed Verfe Verſes whofe William of Malmesbury Writers καὶ
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Side 532 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Side 464 - How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain ; Why then, beneath the water, Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering lover, And leave the maid to weep.
Side 487 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Side 267 - Athens only celebrated for the refidence of philofophers, and the inftitution of youth: men of rank and fortune found pleafure in a retreat, which contributed fo much to their liberal enjoyment. The friend and correfpondent of Cicero, T.
Side 530 - One absurdity in this author (a wretched philosopher, though a great wit) is well worth remarking: in order to render the nature of man odious...
Side 249 - ... the admiration of every beholder. It was then that Polygnotus and Myro painted ; that Sophocles and Euripides wrote ; and not long after, that they faw the divine Socrates.
Side 528 - In our time it may be spoken more truly than of old, that virtue is gone ; the church is under foot ; the clergy is in error ; the devil reigneth,
Side 256 - Zeno taught in a portico or colonnade, distinguished fromoiherbuildingsofth.it sort (of which the Athenians had many) by the name of the Variegated Portico, the walls being decorated with various paintings of Polygnotus and Myro, two capital masters of that transcendent period.
Side 246 - upon this ordered them to be dispersed through the "baths of Alexandria, and to be there burnt in making "the baths warm. After this manner, in the space of "six months, they were all consumed.
Side 274 - Its fortune after this was various ; and it •was sometimes under the Venetians, sometimes under the Catalonians, till Mahomet the Great made himself master of Constantinople. This -fatal catastrophe (which happened near two thousand years after the time of...