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... philosophical , and ethical Odes 152 Earlier political poems : ' Caesaris ultor ' ( i . 2 ) . · 153 The Saviour of the ... philosophy Horace and Lucretius The highest good · 163 164 165 165 168 IV . The poems of love and wine 169 General ...
... philosophical , and ethical Odes 152 Earlier political poems : ' Caesaris ultor ' ( i . 2 ) . · 153 The Saviour of the ... philosophy Horace and Lucretius The highest good · 163 164 165 165 168 IV . The poems of love and wine 169 General ...
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... philosophical thought . From Mr. Jowett , in particular , was expected some philosophical work , in place of which he ... philosophy . He next won the Oriel Fellowship , at that time the most distinguished of those prizes ( 1850 ) . His ...
... philosophical thought . From Mr. Jowett , in particular , was expected some philosophical work , in place of which he ... philosophy . He next won the Oriel Fellowship , at that time the most distinguished of those prizes ( 1850 ) . His ...
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... Philosophy . He was a man of noble character and of striking appearance , the ideal of what a philosopher should be . His wife and his family were remarkable for humour and social charm , and many famous people in literature visited the ...
... Philosophy . He was a man of noble character and of striking appearance , the ideal of what a philosopher should be . His wife and his family were remarkable for humour and social charm , and many famous people in literature visited the ...
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... Philosophy at Oxford , and Fellow of Merton College . Mr. Wallace was so easily our foremost scholar , that competition with him was hardly to be dreamed of . But the stimulus of competition was needless to all who were able to feel the ...
... Philosophy at Oxford , and Fellow of Merton College . Mr. Wallace was so easily our foremost scholar , that competition with him was hardly to be dreamed of . But the stimulus of competition was needless to all who were able to feel the ...
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... visits to Italy and to Switzerland , he met Mr. Alfred Benn , author of a work on Greek Philosophy , and enjoyed his vivacious learning and originality . Mr. Sellar contradicted the saying C 2 WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR XXXV.
... visits to Italy and to Switzerland , he met Mr. Alfred Benn , author of a work on Greek Philosophy , and enjoyed his vivacious learning and originality . Mr. Sellar contradicted the saying C 2 WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR XXXV.
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Page 114 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page xxvii - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Page 302 - Ordiar et caeso moenia firma Remo, Eductosque pares silvestri ex ubere reges, Crescet et ingenium sub tua iussa meum...
Page 168 - Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Muneribus sapienter uti Duramque callet pauperiem pati Peiusque leto flagitium timet, Non ille pro caris amicis Aut patria timidus perire.
Page 318 - ... nec tibi clamatae somnus amarus erit. sola eris et solos spectabis, Cynthia, montes et pecus et fines pauperis agricolae. illic te nulli poterunt corrumpere ludi, fanaque peccatis plurima causa tuis. 10 illic assidue tauros spectabis arantes, et vitem docta ponere falce comas ; atque ibi rara feres inculto tura sacello, haedus ubi agrestes corruet ante focos ; protinus et nuda choreas imitabere sura ; omnia ab externo sint modo tuta viro.
Page 315 - ... niger clauderet ora liquor : 'Di maris Aegaei quos sunt penes aequora, Venti, Et quaecumque meum degravat unda caput, Quo rapitis miseros tenerae lanuginis annos?
Page 111 - Vivere si recte nescis decede peritis. Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti : Tempus abire tibi est, ne potum largius aequo Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.
Page 243 - Messalla meus, cui dulcia poma Delia selectis detrahat arboribus: Et tantum venerata virum, hunc sedula curet, Huic paret atque epulas ipsa ministra gerat.