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... Greek and Roman writers : they are all distinguished by their brevity , as well as by their prettiness or fantastic ... Greeks to works professing_to treat scientifically of all the departments of nature . But his Natural History ...
... Greek and Roman writers : they are all distinguished by their brevity , as well as by their prettiness or fantastic ... Greeks to works professing_to treat scientifically of all the departments of nature . But his Natural History ...
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... Greek or Latin , that fell into his hands . He modestly claims no further merit as belonging to the work , or as distin- guishing it from other similar compilations , than that its contents are of a more select character than those of ...
... Greek or Latin , that fell into his hands . He modestly claims no further merit as belonging to the work , or as distin- guishing it from other similar compilations , than that its contents are of a more select character than those of ...
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... Greek , is thrown into the form of convivial dialogues , the principal subjects of which indeed are eating and drinking , but which occasionally range over wider ground . Even , however , while professedly occupied with his predomi ...
... Greek , is thrown into the form of convivial dialogues , the principal subjects of which indeed are eating and drinking , but which occasionally range over wider ground . Even , however , while professedly occupied with his predomi ...
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... Greek , and in what is considered to be remarkably pure and even elegant Greek . He has been designated for this excellence the honey - tongued Elian . Many of his stories , however , are much more amusing to read than easy to be ...
... Greek , and in what is considered to be remarkably pure and even elegant Greek . He has been designated for this excellence the honey - tongued Elian . Many of his stories , however , are much more amusing to read than easy to be ...
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... Greek , and which consist chiefly of stories in illustration of the several moral qualities , he has preserved many curious facts , which are not to be found elsewhere . To his books of moral examples two eclogues of facts and ...
... Greek , and which consist chiefly of stories in illustration of the several moral qualities , he has preserved many curious facts , which are not to be found elsewhere . To his books of moral examples two eclogues of facts and ...
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