Theeophrasti Characteres: with notes by J.G. Sheppard1852 |
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... containing Tables , Calculations , and State- ments , indispensable for ascertaining the Dates of Historical Events and of Public and Private Documents , from the earliest Periods to the present time . By Sir Harris Nicolas , K.C.M.G. 1 ...
... containing Tables , Calculations , and State- ments , indispensable for ascertaining the Dates of Historical Events and of Public and Private Documents , from the earliest Periods to the present time . By Sir Harris Nicolas , K.C.M.G. 1 ...
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... containing matter absent from those of earlier date , and it must be confessed in many cases of very questionable character . With such materials the editors have dealt as it was in old days the fashion for editors to deal . They seldom ...
... containing matter absent from those of earlier date , and it must be confessed in many cases of very questionable character . With such materials the editors have dealt as it was in old days the fashion for editors to deal . They seldom ...
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... contain some admixture of truth ; and without adopting the theory which regards these graphic shetches as so many " disjecta membra , " culled from the voluminous body of our author's works , it is not , perhaps , too fanciful to ...
... contain some admixture of truth ; and without adopting the theory which regards these graphic shetches as so many " disjecta membra , " culled from the voluminous body of our author's works , it is not , perhaps , too fanciful to ...
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... contain an element , that of aggressive and personal invective , which entirely separates them from the simply representative types of character to be found in the following pages . It only remains for us , therefore , to examine the ...
... contain an element , that of aggressive and personal invective , which entirely separates them from the simply representative types of character to be found in the following pages . It only remains for us , therefore , to examine the ...
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... contain no ludicrous element ; they cannot interest us ; they are horrible and revolting , not entertaining . It is the singular merit of Theophrastus that he has thoroughly appreciated these principles , and carefully observed them ...
... contain no ludicrous element ; they cannot interest us ; they are horrible and revolting , not entertaining . It is the singular merit of Theophrastus that he has thoroughly appreciated these principles , and carefully observed them ...
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