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Page iv
... tion of an important trust , if you believe what you have of late been frequently told . It seems to be the fashionable doctrine among the philosophers , that the system of our public schools does not keep pace with the advancement of ...
... tion of an important trust , if you believe what you have of late been frequently told . It seems to be the fashionable doctrine among the philosophers , that the system of our public schools does not keep pace with the advancement of ...
Page xix
... tion of the laws should have devolved for so short a time on such a man . This catalogue might be extended to many more pages ; but such extension would be out of place . I will close it with two names , which will only perish , the one ...
... tion of the laws should have devolved for so short a time on such a man . This catalogue might be extended to many more pages ; but such extension would be out of place . I will close it with two names , which will only perish , the one ...
Page xxi
... tion of leisure , and a comparative exemption from the anxieties arising out of hazardous subsistence , we should deserve little compassion if we suffered the energies of poverty to rival or overmaster the indolence of advantageous ...
... tion of leisure , and a comparative exemption from the anxieties arising out of hazardous subsistence , we should deserve little compassion if we suffered the energies of poverty to rival or overmaster the indolence of advantageous ...
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... tion of his plays to Lælius must be considered as a mere suspicion , arising from the superior elegance and courtly polish of their language ; it is both pro- bable in itself , and appears to have been credited as fact by the ancients ...
... tion of his plays to Lælius must be considered as a mere suspicion , arising from the superior elegance and courtly polish of their language ; it is both pro- bable in itself , and appears to have been credited as fact by the ancients ...
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... ages been prone to exclaim against the superstitious venera- tion of old masters , as discouraging to the birth and expansion of modern genius . Horace , there- fore , lays hold of a tendency in the old 10 COMPARATIVE ESTIMATE OF.
... ages been prone to exclaim against the superstitious venera- tion of old masters , as discouraging to the birth and expansion of modern genius . Horace , there- fore , lays hold of a tendency in the old 10 COMPARATIVE ESTIMATE OF.
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Æneid Alcibiades ancient Antipater army Athens ation atque Ausonius autem Cæsar character Cicero Cinna critics cujus death Diogenes Laertius ejus elegant enemy enim Epicurus epistle etiam expression father following passage gives Greek hæc Herod honour Horace Horace's humour Hyrcanus illi inter ipse Jerusalem Jews Josephus Judea king Latin Mariamne ment mentioned mihi modern moral natural neque Nicias nihil occasion omnes omnia opinion Ovid person Phasael philosopher Plautus Plutarch poet probably quæ quam quia quid quidem quod quoque Roman Rome satire says seems Seneca Suetonius sunt Tacitus tamen Terence tetrarch thou tibi Timon tion Titus Vespasian Virgil αὐτοῦ γὰρ δὲ δὲ καὶ εἶναι εἰς ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ ἐς καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ περὶ πρὸς τὰ τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὑπὸ ὡς