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Side 53
... early part of my life , I received more so- lid and useful information than from Diogenes Laertius . Had it not been for his Lives of the Sages of antient Greece , we could have known very little about them , except Solon and So- crates ...
... early part of my life , I received more so- lid and useful information than from Diogenes Laertius . Had it not been for his Lives of the Sages of antient Greece , we could have known very little about them , except Solon and So- crates ...
Side 56
... early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me , and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . " He was of an advanced age , and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with ...
... early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me , and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . " He was of an advanced age , and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with ...
Side 68
... early ( as I believe many pieces in the Sanscrit will tes- tify ) , and among the Arabians certainly with great success , as instanced in the charming vo- lumes of Arabian Nights Entertainments . In all these Eastern productions there ...
... early ( as I believe many pieces in the Sanscrit will tes- tify ) , and among the Arabians certainly with great success , as instanced in the charming vo- lumes of Arabian Nights Entertainments . In all these Eastern productions there ...
Side 79
... Paul was the greatest master I have read , in all the excellencies of composition . As it was very early necessary to men occa sionally to communicate their thoughts to each other when scparated EPISTOLARY WRITING . 19.
... Paul was the greatest master I have read , in all the excellencies of composition . As it was very early necessary to men occa sionally to communicate their thoughts to each other when scparated EPISTOLARY WRITING . 19.
Side 80
... early ; there are several instances even in the Scriptures . The best collections of letters left us by the antients are those of Cicero , Seneca and Pliny , all of them evidently written with a view immediate or remote to publication ...
... early ; there are several instances even in the Scriptures . The best collections of letters left us by the antients are those of Cicero , Seneca and Pliny , all of them evidently written with a view immediate or remote to publication ...
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