The Classick Pages: Classical Reading of Eighteenth-century AmericansMeyer Reinhold Pennsylvania State University, 1975 - 231 pages |
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Page 76
... Human Life : Extract what you like ; and then single out some Particular from the rest , for that Day's Medi- tation ... 20 And so it fares with our Studies ; so long as they lye whole , they pass into Memory without affecting the ...
... Human Life : Extract what you like ; and then single out some Particular from the rest , for that Day's Medi- tation ... 20 And so it fares with our Studies ; so long as they lye whole , they pass into Memory without affecting the ...
Page 84
... human experience , objecting to " diving after wis- dom into the gloom of antiquity . " " The history of ancient times , " he argued , " is hardly more weighty , opposed to living evidence , than the wanderings of fancy ; it is ...
... human experience , objecting to " diving after wis- dom into the gloom of antiquity . " " The history of ancient times , " he argued , " is hardly more weighty , opposed to living evidence , than the wanderings of fancy ; it is ...
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... human race was most happy and prosperous , he would , without hesitation , name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus . The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power , under the ...
... human race was most happy and prosperous , he would , without hesitation , name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus . The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power , under the ...
Contents
The Cult of Antiquity in America | 1 |
THESE GREAT MASTERS | 29 |
Florus | 35 |
Copyright | |
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