The Life of Edward GibbonBaudry, 1840 - 357 páginas |
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... Greek languages : they deposit in the hands of a disciple the keys of two valuable chests ; nor can he complain , if they are afterwards lost or neglected by his own fault . The necessity of leading in equal ranks so many une- qual ...
... Greek languages : they deposit in the hands of a disciple the keys of two valuable chests ; nor can he complain , if they are afterwards lost or neglected by his own fault . The necessity of leading in equal ranks so many une- qual ...
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... This unequal work , and a trea- tise of Hearne , the Ductor historicus , referred and introduced me to the Greek and Roman historians , to as many at least as were accessible to an English reader . All that I 30 MEMOIRS.
... This unequal work , and a trea- tise of Hearne , the Ductor historicus , referred and introduced me to the Greek and Roman historians , to as many at least as were accessible to an English reader . All that I 30 MEMOIRS.
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... Greek and Latin , I must interpret to myself in English the thoughts of the original , and that such extemporary versions must be inferior to the elabo- rate translations of professed scholars ; a silly sophism , which could not easily ...
... Greek and Latin , I must interpret to myself in English the thoughts of the original , and that such extemporary versions must be inferior to the elabo- rate translations of professed scholars ; a silly sophism , which could not easily ...
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... Greek classics , from dead languages to living science : my hours would have been occupied by useful and agreeable studies , the wan- derings of fancy would have been restrained , and I should have escaped the temptations of idleness ...
... Greek classics , from dead languages to living science : my hours would have been occupied by useful and agreeable studies , the wan- derings of fancy would have been restrained , and I should have escaped the temptations of idleness ...
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... Greek , the Jewish , and the Egyptian antiquities , which are lost in a distant cloud . Nor is this the only instance , in which the belief and knowledge of the child are superseded by the more rational ignorance of the man . During my ...
... Greek , the Jewish , and the Egyptian antiquities , which are lost in a distant cloud . Nor is this the only instance , in which the belief and knowledge of the child are superseded by the more rational ignorance of the man . During my ...
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