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Page 95
... once been- done . We are frequently importuned , by the baccha- nalian writers , to lay hold on the present hour , to catch the pleasures within our reach , and remem ber that futurity is not at our command . Τὸ ῥόδον ἀκμάζει βαιόν ...
... once been- done . We are frequently importuned , by the baccha- nalian writers , to lay hold on the present hour , to catch the pleasures within our reach , and remem ber that futurity is not at our command . Τὸ ῥόδον ἀκμάζει βαιόν ...
Page 153
... once fretted at the expence of only ten fhillings , which he happened to overhear me offer- ing for the sting of a hornet , though it was a cold moist summer , in which very few hornets had been feen . He often recommended to me the ...
... once fretted at the expence of only ten fhillings , which he happened to overhear me offer- ing for the sting of a hornet , though it was a cold moist summer , in which very few hornets had been feen . He often recommended to me the ...
Page 156
... once valued before gold . I have fand gathered out of the Gra nicus ; a fragment of Trajan's bridge over the Danube ; fome of the mortar which cemented the watercourfe of Tarquin ; a horseshoe broken on the Flaminian way ; and a turf ...
... once valued before gold . I have fand gathered out of the Gra nicus ; a fragment of Trajan's bridge over the Danube ; fome of the mortar which cemented the watercourfe of Tarquin ; a horseshoe broken on the Flaminian way ; and a turf ...
Contents
A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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