Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... considered as more precious than vases of gold . Paulus Emilius , after the defeat of Perseus , king of Macedon , brought to Rome a great number which he had amassed in Greece , and which he now distributed among his sons , or presented ...
... considered as more precious than vases of gold . Paulus Emilius , after the defeat of Perseus , king of Macedon , brought to Rome a great number which he had amassed in Greece , and which he now distributed among his sons , or presented ...
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... considered as a very idle recreation , and some held them in great horror . To distinguish them from other books , they invented a disgracefu ! sign ; when a monk asked for a pagan author , after making the general sign they used in ...
... considered as a very idle recreation , and some held them in great horror . To distinguish them from other books , they invented a disgracefu ! sign ; when a monk asked for a pagan author , after making the general sign they used in ...
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... considered as the wisest and the most moral of men , Cicero treated as an usurer , and the pedant Athen- æus as illiterate ; the latter points out as a Socratic folly , our philosopher disserting on the nature of justice before his ...
... considered as the wisest and the most moral of men , Cicero treated as an usurer , and the pedant Athen- æus as illiterate ; the latter points out as a Socratic folly , our philosopher disserting on the nature of justice before his ...
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... considered rather as novelists than historians ; and Tacitus has been censured for his audacity in pretending to discover the political springs and secret causes of events . Dionysius of Halicarnassus has made an elaborate attack on ...
... considered rather as novelists than historians ; and Tacitus has been censured for his audacity in pretending to discover the political springs and secret causes of events . Dionysius of Halicarnassus has made an elaborate attack on ...
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... considered as not necessary to be destroyed . Conquerors at first destroy with the rashost zeal the na- tional records of the conquered people ; hence it is that the Irish deplore the irreparable losses of their most ancient national ...
... considered as not necessary to be destroyed . Conquerors at first destroy with the rashost zeal the na- tional records of the conquered people ; hence it is that the Irish deplore the irreparable losses of their most ancient national ...
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