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... Tacitus concerning Augustus Cæsar , “ Augusto profluens ut quæ principem virum deceret , eloquentia fuit . " d For all eloquence which is affected or overlabored , or merely imitative , though otherwise excellent , carries with it an ...
... Tacitus concerning Augustus Cæsar , “ Augusto profluens ut quæ principem virum deceret , eloquentia fuit . " d For all eloquence which is affected or overlabored , or merely imitative , though otherwise excellent , carries with it an ...
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... Tacitus said of them that " they outshone the rest , because not seen . " d As for their meanness of employ , that most exposed to con- tempt is the education of youth , to which they are commonly allotted . But how unjust this ...
... Tacitus said of them that " they outshone the rest , because not seen . " d As for their meanness of employ , that most exposed to con- tempt is the education of youth , to which they are commonly allotted . But how unjust this ...
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... Tacitus and Pliny with greater moderation . It has also begun to render itself acceptable in our time . But to say the truth , its admirers are only the men of a middle genius , who think it adds a dignity to learning ; whilst those of ...
... Tacitus and Pliny with greater moderation . It has also begun to render itself acceptable in our time . But to say the truth , its admirers are only the men of a middle genius , who think it adds a dignity to learning ; whilst those of ...
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... Tacitus has wisely expressed this law of our nature in these words , " Fingunt simul creduntque . " d This easiness of belief , and admitting things upon weak authority , is of two kinds , according to the subject ; being either a ...
... Tacitus has wisely expressed this law of our nature in these words , " Fingunt simul creduntque . " d This easiness of belief , and admitting things upon weak authority , is of two kinds , according to the subject ; being either a ...
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... Tacitus , where , mentioning the magnificence of certain structures , he adds : " It was found suitable to the Roman dignity that illustrious things should be committed to annals , but such as these to the public journals of the city ...
... Tacitus , where , mentioning the magnificence of certain structures , he adds : " It was found suitable to the Roman dignity that illustrious things should be committed to annals , but such as these to the public journals of the city ...
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