Theeophrasti Characteres: with notes by J.G. Sheppard1852 |
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... valuable psychological exposition which the Characters have as yet received . In England , how- ever , the state of the case is very different . different . With the exception of Needham's edition , published at Cambridge in A 4.
... valuable psychological exposition which the Characters have as yet received . In England , how- ever , the state of the case is very different . different . With the exception of Needham's edition , published at Cambridge in A 4.
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... edition . Having long attached a high value to these charac- teristic sketches of Theophrastus , I had for some years been anxious to see them edited in a form acceptable to the English scholar . But of con- tributing personally to such ...
... edition . Having long attached a high value to these charac- teristic sketches of Theophrastus , I had for some years been anxious to see them edited in a form acceptable to the English scholar . But of con- tributing personally to such ...
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... editions as those of Casaubon and Schneider cannot but be haunted by the con- sciousness that it is Schneider or Casaubon who is speaking , and not the Greek philosopher himself . In common , as I should imagine ... edition PREFACE . ix.
... editions as those of Casaubon and Schneider cannot but be haunted by the con- sciousness that it is Schneider or Casaubon who is speaking , and not the Greek philosopher himself . In common , as I should imagine ... edition PREFACE . ix.
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... edition of useful yet moderate dimensions , and in other respects also more suited to the national taste than the learned but prolix labours of my German predecessors . It soon , however , to my great disap- pointment , became plain ...
... edition of useful yet moderate dimensions , and in other respects also more suited to the national taste than the learned but prolix labours of my German predecessors . It soon , however , to my great disap- pointment , became plain ...
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... editions . But , as Schneider has remarked , this particular arrangement depends upon no principle , and is supported by no authority external or internal . Guided by the language of Aristotle , the master , and in many respects undoubt ...
... editions . But , as Schneider has remarked , this particular arrangement depends upon no principle , and is supported by no authority external or internal . Guided by the language of Aristotle , the master , and in many respects undoubt ...
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