The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... born at Hierapolis in Phrygia in the first century after Christ . The date of his birth is not known , but it is put by some between 40 and 50 A. D. Little or nothing is known of his life , ex- cept that from being a slave in Rome under ...
... born at Hierapolis in Phrygia in the first century after Christ . The date of his birth is not known , but it is put by some between 40 and 50 A. D. Little or nothing is known of his life , ex- cept that from being a slave in Rome under ...
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... born in Samos , c . 341 B. C. , from an Athenian father . Xenocrates is mentioned as one of his masters in philosophy . In the year 306 B. C. he himself began the life of a professional philosopher by opening a school in a garden at ...
... born in Samos , c . 341 B. C. , from an Athenian father . Xenocrates is mentioned as one of his masters in philosophy . In the year 306 B. C. he himself began the life of a professional philosopher by opening a school in a garden at ...
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... born at Rotterdam , probably October 28th , 1465. He was an illegitimate son , and to this disadvantage the disadvantage of poverty was added to compell him to greatness . His father , Gerhard de Praet , died when Erasmus was thirteen ...
... born at Rotterdam , probably October 28th , 1465. He was an illegitimate son , and to this disadvantage the disadvantage of poverty was added to compell him to greatness . His father , Gerhard de Praet , died when Erasmus was thirteen ...
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... born under an evil star , " one whose " horse will never carry him to the front , " and whose " gold is all of the Toulouse ( to lose ) kind ! " I might quote numerous other familiar adages to the same effect , but I forbear , lest I ...
... born under an evil star , " one whose " horse will never carry him to the front , " and whose " gold is all of the Toulouse ( to lose ) kind ! " I might quote numerous other familiar adages to the same effect , but I forbear , lest I ...
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... born at Wotton in Surrey , October 31st , 1620. After ending his studies at Oxford and in the Temple , he traveled over continental Europe , returning in 1647 to side with the king against Cromwell . When the Royal cause became hopeless ...
... born at Wotton in Surrey , October 31st , 1620. After ending his studies at Oxford and in the Temple , he traveled over continental Europe , returning in 1647 to side with the king against Cromwell . When the Royal cause became hopeless ...
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