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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... heads of the Stoic school of philosophy . His first master was Musonius Rufus , whose lectures on philosophy were in high repute at Rome under Nero and Vespasian . Epictetus , however , is more indebted to his own studies of the great ...
... heads of the Stoic school of philosophy . His first master was Musonius Rufus , whose lectures on philosophy were in high repute at Rome under Nero and Vespasian . Epictetus , however , is more indebted to his own studies of the great ...
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... heads of mighty and victorious armies , to be guarded with well - armed and faithful legions ; yet , for all this , take heed you do not conceive them to be the only happy men , nay , that they partake so much as of one sincere pleasure ...
... heads of mighty and victorious armies , to be guarded with well - armed and faithful legions ; yet , for all this , take heed you do not conceive them to be the only happy men , nay , that they partake so much as of one sincere pleasure ...
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... head of every plant is crowned with beautiful and fragrant flowers , the merry birds entertaining you with the music of their wild notes , the fresh western winds continually fanning your heats , and all nature smiling upon you ...
... head of every plant is crowned with beautiful and fragrant flowers , the merry birds entertaining you with the music of their wild notes , the fresh western winds continually fanning your heats , and all nature smiling upon you ...
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... heads and figures of beasts . We saw there the roots of a tree turned into stone , and are con- tinually dropping . Thus having viewed the foundations of the old Cimmeria , the palaces of Marius , Pompey , Nero , Hortensius , and other ...
... heads and figures of beasts . We saw there the roots of a tree turned into stone , and are con- tinually dropping . Thus having viewed the foundations of the old Cimmeria , the palaces of Marius , Pompey , Nero , Hortensius , and other ...
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... head of a sober Puritan household . There are strong grounds for the belief that she treated him shamefully - far more shamefully than is usually suspected . And though , in his consummate mag- nanimity , he forgave her and received her ...
... head of a sober Puritan household . There are strong grounds for the belief that she treated him shamefully - far more shamefully than is usually suspected . And though , in his consummate mag- nanimity , he forgave her and received her ...
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