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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... called " Hedonism , " and while it may be inaccurate to define it as a system in which the attainment of pleasure is made the object of life , it is not unjust to him to say that he makes self - satisfaction his supreme good rather than ...
... called " Hedonism , " and while it may be inaccurate to define it as a system in which the attainment of pleasure is made the object of life , it is not unjust to him to say that he makes self - satisfaction his supreme good rather than ...
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... called " the glory of the priesthood and the shame . " His learning was so great and his refusal to follow Luther so impor- tant in the politics of the time , that the incessant attacks made upon him could not be pushed to the last ...
... called " the glory of the priesthood and the shame . " His learning was so great and his refusal to follow Luther so impor- tant in the politics of the time , that the incessant attacks made upon him could not be pushed to the last ...
Página 1654
... called Labulla , which contin- ually boils , supposed to proceed from Vesuvius , and thence over a river and bridge , where , on a large upright stone , is engraven a notable inscription relative to the memorable eruption in 1630 ...
... called Labulla , which contin- ually boils , supposed to proceed from Vesuvius , and thence over a river and bridge , where , on a large upright stone , is engraven a notable inscription relative to the memorable eruption in 1630 ...
Página 1658
... called Leucogæi , and the fields Phlegræan . Hercules here vanquished the Giants , assisted with lightning . We now came to the Court of Vulcan , consist- ing of a valley nearly a quarter of a mile in breadth , the margent environed ...
... called Leucogæi , and the fields Phlegræan . Hercules here vanquished the Giants , assisted with lightning . We now came to the Court of Vulcan , consist- ing of a valley nearly a quarter of a mile in breadth , the margent environed ...
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... called from the companion of Ulysses here buried ; not without great reason cele- brated for one of the most delicious places that the sun shines on , according to that verse of Horace : " Nullus in Orbe locus Baiis prælucet amœnis ...
... called from the companion of Ulysses here buried ; not without great reason cele- brated for one of the most delicious places that the sun shines on , according to that verse of Horace : " Nullus in Orbe locus Baiis prælucet amœnis ...
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