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... carried in a cathedra , ' borne by six slaves , ' hexaphoron ; ' the sides were thrown open , by the drawing back of the curtains by which they were usually closed in . This represents the impudence of the man , who ought to have been ...
... carried in a cathedra , ' borne by six slaves , ' hexaphoron ; ' the sides were thrown open , by the drawing back of the curtains by which they were usually closed in . This represents the impudence of the man , who ought to have been ...
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... carried out with the face exposed . 73. brevibus Gyaris ] This was a small barren island ( still called Giura ) in the Ae- gean , one of the Cyclades , to which a few of the worst sort of criminals were trans- ported in the time of the ...
... carried out with the face exposed . 73. brevibus Gyaris ] This was a small barren island ( still called Giura ) in the Ae- gean , one of the Cyclades , to which a few of the worst sort of criminals were trans- ported in the time of the ...
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... carried when he went to the wars ; a novel piece of furniture for a camp ! Of course it is a great man's part to kill a tyrant — and to mind his skin ; to aim at empires -and to smooth his face . Semiramis and Cleopatra did not so ...
... carried when he went to the wars ; a novel piece of furniture for a camp ! Of course it is a great man's part to kill a tyrant — and to mind his skin ; to aim at empires -and to smooth his face . Semiramis and Cleopatra did not so ...
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... carry back foul habits to their home . ULTRA Sauromatas fugere hinc libet et glacialem Oceanum , quoties aliquid de moribus audent Qui Curios simulant et Bacchanalia vivunt ; Indocti primum , quanquam plena omnia gypso Chrysippi ...
... carry back foul habits to their home . ULTRA Sauromatas fugere hinc libet et glacialem Oceanum , quoties aliquid de moribus audent Qui Curios simulant et Bacchanalia vivunt ; Indocti primum , quanquam plena omnia gypso Chrysippi ...
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... carried on their vile practices under the disguise of mo- ralists . The Socratics they would affect to imitate were Antisthenes and the Cynics . They are called Stoics below , v . 65 ( see Int . ) . Others , like the Scholiast , suppose ...
... carried on their vile practices under the disguise of mo- ralists . The Socratics they would affect to imitate were Antisthenes and the Cynics . They are called Stoics below , v . 65 ( see Int . ) . Others , like the Scholiast , suppose ...
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