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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... once said to a man who was vexed because Philo- storgus was fortunate : Would you choose to lie with Sura ? May it never happen , he replied , that this day should come ! Why then are you vexed , if he receives something in return for ...
... once said to a man who was vexed because Philo- storgus was fortunate : Would you choose to lie with Sura ? May it never happen , he replied , that this day should come ! Why then are you vexed , if he receives something in return for ...
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... once , and at so agreeable a distance , as nothing can be more de- lightful . The mountain consists of a double top , the one pointed very sharp , and commonly appearing above any clouds , the other blunt . Here , as we approached , we ...
... once , and at so agreeable a distance , as nothing can be more de- lightful . The mountain consists of a double top , the one pointed very sharp , and commonly appearing above any clouds , the other blunt . Here , as we approached , we ...
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... once resolved to cut a channel for two great galleys that should have extended to Ostia , one hundred and fifty miles distant . The people now call it Licola . ancient city of Italy , It stands on a very ruins . A little be- From hence ...
... once resolved to cut a channel for two great galleys that should have extended to Ostia , one hundred and fifty miles distant . The people now call it Licola . ancient city of Italy , It stands on a very ruins . A little be- From hence ...
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... once stood that famous town , so 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 ...
... once stood that famous town , so 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 ...
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... once the fabulous Nymph ; and thus we leave the Baiæ , so renowned for the sweet retirements of the most opulent and voluptuous Romans . They certainly were places of uncommon amenity , as their yet tempt- ing site and other ...
... once the fabulous Nymph ; and thus we leave the Baiæ , so renowned for the sweet retirements of the most opulent and voluptuous Romans . They certainly were places of uncommon amenity , as their yet tempt- ing site and other ...
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