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He soon became distinguished as an advocate ; although we have no reason to
believe that he was an orator of the first class , many facts related by his
contemporaries show that few of his time excelled him in eloquence . It is well
known that ...
He soon became distinguished as an advocate ; although we have no reason to
believe that he was an orator of the first class , many facts related by his
contemporaries show that few of his time excelled him in eloquence . It is well
known that ...
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It is much more rational to believe that the flatteries of Seneca , gross and absurd
as they were , had the desired effect on Claudius ; for the philosopher had been
made prætor and admitted into the senate , by the emperor , before he was ...
It is much more rational to believe that the flatteries of Seneca , gross and absurd
as they were , had the desired effect on Claudius ; for the philosopher had been
made prætor and admitted into the senate , by the emperor , before he was ...
الصفحة 11
If we believe his contemporaries , he had strong inducements to retain his
ascendency over Nero as long as possible . He is accused of being inordinately
fond of money and riches , notwithstanding his fine precepts in favour of poverty ;
and ...
If we believe his contemporaries , he had strong inducements to retain his
ascendency over Nero as long as possible . He is accused of being inordinately
fond of money and riches , notwithstanding his fine precepts in favour of poverty ;
and ...
الصفحة 17
Those who read them would find it difficult to believe that the Consolation to
Polybius could possibly have emanated from the same mind , were it not that the
evidence of their common paternity is unfortunately but too clear . The work “ On ...
Those who read them would find it difficult to believe that the Consolation to
Polybius could possibly have emanated from the same mind , were it not that the
evidence of their common paternity is unfortunately but too clear . The work “ On ...
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As the apostle was undoubtedly at Rome some years before the death or Seneca
, and was well treated by the philosopher ' s brother Gallio , if not by himself , it
was not difficult to make the credulous readers of the middle ages believe that an
...
As the apostle was undoubtedly at Rome some years before the death or Seneca
, and was well treated by the philosopher ' s brother Gallio , if not by himself , it
was not difficult to make the credulous readers of the middle ages believe that an
...
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الصفحة 357 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
الصفحة 16 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
الصفحة 115 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
الصفحة 115 - For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
الصفحة 208 - ENGEL'S (CARL) Music of the Most Ancient Nations ; particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians, And Hebrews; with Special Reference to the Discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt. With 100 Illustrations. 8vo. 16s. ENGLAND (HISTORY or) from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713—83. By LORD MAHON (now Earl Stanhope). Library Edition, 7 Vols. 8vo. 93«.
الصفحة 57 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
الصفحة 55 - ... by the Hindus, we may be satisfied with the testimony of the Persians ; who, though as much inclined as other nations to appropriate the ingenious inventions of a foreign people, unanimously agree, that the game was imported from the west of India, together with the charming fables of Vishnusarman in the sixth century of our era.
الصفحة 16 - And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan ; is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
الصفحة 93 - ... the fruits of their industry, and driven, in the midst of an inclement season, to seek a shelter for themselves and their helpless families where chance may guide them?
الصفحة 93 - It is no secret, that a persecution, accompanied with all the circumstances of ferocious cruelty, which have in all ages distinguished that dreadful calamity, is now raging in this country.