Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volumen2H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 páginas |
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... replied Pericles , " you are my only god- dess . " — " Which of them ? " resumed Aspasia , with an arch look .— " Take care , take care , " said Socrates smiling ; " every one of those deities has been ena- moured of more than one ...
... replied Pericles , " you are my only god- dess . " — " Which of them ? " resumed Aspasia , with an arch look .— " Take care , take care , " said Socrates smiling ; " every one of those deities has been ena- moured of more than one ...
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... replied Zeuxis , " it shall be of the slowness with which I finish mine . " Discovering from their conver- sation that they were all employed in decorating the walls of the Parthenon , I could not help reflecting upon the nobler destiny ...
... replied Zeuxis , " it shall be of the slowness with which I finish mine . " Discovering from their conver- sation that they were all employed in decorating the walls of the Parthenon , I could not help reflecting upon the nobler destiny ...
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... replied the figure , " you forget that , al- though now the noblest fragment left , I then occupied , as a deified hero , but a very subordinate station among the deities of his majestic group . My recum- bent posture was destined to ...
... replied the figure , " you forget that , al- though now the noblest fragment left , I then occupied , as a deified hero , but a very subordinate station among the deities of his majestic group . My recum- bent posture was destined to ...
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... replied , " Because they are both indifferent to me . " Croesus placed the chief good in riches ; Periander of Corinth in honour ; Socrates in knowledge ; Plato in idea ; Orpheus in beauty ; Milo the Crotonian in bodily strength ...
... replied , " Because they are both indifferent to me . " Croesus placed the chief good in riches ; Periander of Corinth in honour ; Socrates in knowledge ; Plato in idea ; Orpheus in beauty ; Milo the Crotonian in bodily strength ...
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... replied ; " and yet they are constantly going . " However , I am a recognised ama- teur , and of course bound to like music , whatever effects it produces ; though I confess I should be better pleased if every visitant were compelled to ...
... replied ; " and yet they are constantly going . " However , I am a recognised ama- teur , and of course bound to like music , whatever effects it produces ; though I confess I should be better pleased if every visitant were compelled to ...
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