Select Essays of Dio ChrysostomR. Phillips, 1800 - 256 páginas |
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... practice , however , to convict the mistaken sentiments of those people , who re- garded with admiration the riches and reputed happiness of the Persian emperour ; by shew- ing , that part of his enjoyments were frivolous , and part ...
... practice , however , to convict the mistaken sentiments of those people , who re- garded with admiration the riches and reputed happiness of the Persian emperour ; by shew- ing , that part of his enjoyments were frivolous , and part ...
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... practice a preference to healthy situations be- fore sickly , and to such as were more tolerable than others through all the vicisitudes of sea- Nor was he less attentive to a plentiful supply of wholesome food , and a moderate por ...
... practice a preference to healthy situations be- fore sickly , and to such as were more tolerable than others through all the vicisitudes of sea- Nor was he less attentive to a plentiful supply of wholesome food , and a moderate por ...
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... brother of the " same children , the husband and son of the " same wife ! " whereas our domestic fowls , and dogs , and asses , see nothing horrible in this practice ; nor yet the Persians , though esteemed 62 CONCERNING SERVANTS .
... brother of the " same children , the husband and son of the " same wife ! " whereas our domestic fowls , and dogs , and asses , see nothing horrible in this practice ; nor yet the Persians , though esteemed 62 CONCERNING SERVANTS .
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Dio (Chrysostom.) this practice ; nor yet the Persians , though esteemed the most respectable people in all Asia . After this , he put out his own eyes , and wandered about in a state of blindness ; as if he had not wandered enough ...
Dio (Chrysostom.) this practice ; nor yet the Persians , though esteemed the most respectable people in all Asia . After this , he put out his own eyes , and wandered about in a state of blindness ; as if he had not wandered enough ...
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... practice , should have spared myself the unnecessary trouble of enforcing with earnestness plain and acknow- ledged truths . But , when I discover the sources of our uneasiness to be derived less from an ignorance of good and evil ...
... practice , should have spared myself the unnecessary trouble of enforcing with earnestness plain and acknow- ledged truths . But , when I discover the sources of our uneasiness to be derived less from an ignorance of good and evil ...
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Página 234 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
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Página 238 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 20 - Can his dear image from my soul depart, Long as the vital spirit moves my heart? If in the melancholy shades below, The flames of friends and lovers cease to glow, Yet mine shall sacred last; mine, undecay'd, Burn on through death, and animate my shade.
Página 234 - Who shall not receive an hundred times as much, now in this time; houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions: and in the world to come life everlasting.
Página 20 - The lance hiss'd harmless o'er his covering shield, And trembling struck, and rooted in the field; There yet scarce spent, it quivers on the plain, Sent by the great ^Eneas
Página 4 - But horse to horse, and man to man they fight, Not rabid wolves more fierce contest their prey; Each wounds, each bleeds, but none resign the day. Discord with joy the scene of death descries, And drinks...
Página 259 - Letters from Italy, between the years 1792 and 1798, containing a view of the Revolutions in that Country, from the Capture of Nice by the French Republic to the Expulsion of Pius VI from the...
Página 243 - Quem neque pauperies nequemors neque vincula terrent, Responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores Fortis, et in se ipso totus, teres atque rotundus, Externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, In quem manca ruit semper fortuna. Potesne Ex his ut proprium quid noscere ? Quinque talenta Poscit te mulier, vexat foribusque repulsum 90 Perfundit gelida, rursus vocat ; eripe turpi Colla jugo ; ' Liber, liber sum,
Página 248 - The express resemblance of the gods, is changed Into some brutish form of wolf, or bear, Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were ; And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before ; And all their friends and native home forget, To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.