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... say in more honourable , but in more conspicuous views , and to appear on the public stage of life with dignity and honour . And it was the fortune of Longinus to be drawn from the contemplative shades of Athens , to mix in more active ...
... say in more honourable , but in more conspicuous views , and to appear on the public stage of life with dignity and honour . And it was the fortune of Longinus to be drawn from the contemplative shades of Athens , to mix in more active ...
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... says an historian , seemed born for the empire of the world , and would probably have risen to it , had he not been taken off , in a career of victory , by the treachery of his own relations . His abilities were so great , and his ...
... says an historian , seemed born for the empire of the world , and would probably have risen to it , had he not been taken off , in a career of victory , by the treachery of his own relations . His abilities were so great , and his ...
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... says Vopiscus , had no sooner read this disdainful letter , than he blushed ( not so much with shame , as ) with indigna- tion . He redoubled his efforts , invested the town more closely than ever , and kept it in continual alarms . No ...
... says Vopiscus , had no sooner read this disdainful letter , than he blushed ( not so much with shame , as ) with indigna- tion . He redoubled his efforts , invested the town more closely than ever , and kept it in continual alarms . No ...
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... says Longinus , " is an image reflected from the inward greatness of the soul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deserving than he of its appli- cation ? Let his sentiments be considered as reflections from his own mind ...
... says Longinus , " is an image reflected from the inward greatness of the soul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deserving than he of its appli- cation ? Let his sentiments be considered as reflections from his own mind ...
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... and at the close he says , " And further , Paul of Tarsus , the chief supporter of an opinion not yet esta- * Prefixed to Hudson's Longinus . blished . " Fabricius , I own , has been 30 ́ 31 THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF LONGINUS .
... and at the close he says , " And further , Paul of Tarsus , the chief supporter of an opinion not yet esta- * Prefixed to Hudson's Longinus . blished . " Fabricius , I own , has been 30 ́ 31 THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF LONGINUS .
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