Theeophrasti Characteres: with notes by J.G. Sheppard1852 |
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... nature of the aorist is a subject of great difficulty to the younger scholar , this short attempt to cast some light upon it may perhaps prove useful to those unacquainted with scientific grammar . Indeed , it would not have been ...
... nature of the aorist is a subject of great difficulty to the younger scholar , this short attempt to cast some light upon it may perhaps prove useful to those unacquainted with scientific grammar . Indeed , it would not have been ...
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... nature , and literary value of these " Characters . " A few remarks upon each of these points will perhaps con- tribute to a more just appreciation , and profitable perusal of the work ; and though it be impossible to obtain a full ...
... nature , and literary value of these " Characters . " A few remarks upon each of these points will perhaps con- tribute to a more just appreciation , and profitable perusal of the work ; and though it be impossible to obtain a full ...
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... nature of the case , the writer could only have selected nosological specimens , yet are inclined to believe that these specimens must have been both more numerous , and more elaborately finished than the portraits which we now possess ...
... nature of the case , the writer could only have selected nosological specimens , yet are inclined to believe that these specimens must have been both more numerous , and more elaborately finished than the portraits which we now possess ...
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... Natural Histories , " we have been of late some- what overwhelmed . position of the " Cha- They are unique . But this naturally conducts us to the next point upon Literary which it is necessary to speak — the nature , that is to say ...
... Natural Histories , " we have been of late some- what overwhelmed . position of the " Cha- They are unique . But this naturally conducts us to the next point upon Literary which it is necessary to speak — the nature , that is to say ...
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... nature in all its varieties of good and evil ; human nature as exhibiting notable instances of the " fugienda petendaque , ” alike , and both equally available for his pur- pose . His object , therefore , is purely didactic ; his method ...
... nature in all its varieties of good and evil ; human nature as exhibiting notable instances of the " fugienda petendaque , ” alike , and both equally available for his pur- pose . His object , therefore , is purely didactic ; his method ...
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