Dialogues on Some Important Subjects, Drawn Up After the Manner of Socrates, for the Use of His Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe-GothaA. Millar, 1753 - 213 páginas |
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... proper names , facts of little confequence , or ufelefs dates , it is propofed to fet before him a connected fe- ries of the principaland most important events . There is a particular atten- tion bestowed on the lives of illustrious men ...
... proper names , facts of little confequence , or ufelefs dates , it is propofed to fet before him a connected fe- ries of the principaland most important events . There is a particular atten- tion bestowed on the lives of illustrious men ...
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... appearing with dignity in the amiable characters of the boneft man , the chriftian , the fon , the friend , the husband , the father , and the fovereign . I ADVERTISEMENT . T is proper to inform the Public ADVER- xviii PREFACE .
... appearing with dignity in the amiable characters of the boneft man , the chriftian , the fon , the friend , the husband , the father , and the fovereign . I ADVERTISEMENT . T is proper to inform the Public ADVER- xviii PREFACE .
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Jean Jacob Vernet. I ADVERTISEMENT . T is proper to inform the Public of the uncommon liberty I have used in the translation of these dialogues . I have too often perceived the grofs inconveniences of translations merely literal , not to ...
Jean Jacob Vernet. I ADVERTISEMENT . T is proper to inform the Public of the uncommon liberty I have used in the translation of these dialogues . I have too often perceived the grofs inconveniences of translations merely literal , not to ...
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... proper exercise of reason requires a certain de- gree of knowledge ? EVAGORAS . Without doubt , for an architect might as well think to build without ftones , and and timber , as reafon could pretend to form judgments 14 DIALOGUE 1 .
... proper exercise of reason requires a certain de- gree of knowledge ? EVAGORAS . Without doubt , for an architect might as well think to build without ftones , and and timber , as reafon could pretend to form judgments 14 DIALOGUE 1 .
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... proper to bound your inquiry ? Would nothing more be neceffary than to inform yourself of his probity and understanding ? Or would it not alfo be expedient to examine whether he had the qualifications that belong to his profef- fion and ...
... proper to bound your inquiry ? Would nothing more be neceffary than to inform yourself of his probity and understanding ? Or would it not alfo be expedient to examine whether he had the qualifications that belong to his profef- fion and ...
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againſt agreeable ALCIBIADES alfo alſo arife aſk authority becauſe beſt cafe confequence converfation defigned defire Dialogue diftinction diſcover effential eſtabliſhed eſteem EVAGORAS exerciſe fame father fatisfaction fecret feek feem felves fentiments ferve fervice fhall fhew fhould fince fincerity firſt fociety fome fomething fpeak friends friendſhip fubject fubordination fuch fuperior fupport furely glory GORA greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf honour inftruction itſelf juft juſt leaſt lefs lofe matter merit MICROPHILUS mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary noble obferved occafion ourſelves paffion paſs perceive perfons Philofopher PHILUS pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe pray prefent Prince profeffion PROTHY MUS Prothymus purpoſe purſue purſuit queſtion racter raiſe rank reaſon refpect render ſay ſcience ſee ſhall SOCRATES ſpeaking ſtate ſtation ſuch taſte thefe THEMISTOCLES themſelves theſe things thofe Thomas Birch thoſe tion trifles true truth URANIUS uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom yourſelf
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Página 97 - Whilft all the ftars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And fpread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in folemn filence, all Move round the dark terreftrial ball ! What tho...
Página 97 - And nightly to the lift'ning Earth Repeats the ftory of her birth. • While all the Stars that round her burn, And all the Planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they...