A Life of Aristotle: Including a Critical Discussion of Some Questions of Literary History Connected with His WorksJ. and J.J. Deighton, 1839 - 181 pages |
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... treatise , however , although the first of a series , is complete in itself , and it is the intention of the writer to preserve a similar independence to each of the others . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . IF the acquaintance we possessed with.
... treatise , however , although the first of a series , is complete in itself , and it is the intention of the writer to preserve a similar independence to each of the others . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . IF the acquaintance we possessed with.
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... possessed with the private life of individuals were at all proportioned to the in- fluence exerted by them on the destinies of mankind , the biography of Aristotle would fill a library ; for without attempting here to discuss the merits ...
... possessed with the private life of individuals were at all proportioned to the in- fluence exerted by them on the destinies of mankind , the biography of Aristotle would fill a library ; for without attempting here to discuss the merits ...
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... possessed . It was expected to be extremely comprehensive ' , and , as all comprehensive knowledge must be when popularized , it was propor- tionally superficial . To feed this appetite for general information was the work of the needy ...
... possessed . It was expected to be extremely comprehensive ' , and , as all comprehensive knowledge must be when popularized , it was propor- tionally superficial . To feed this appetite for general information was the work of the needy ...
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... possessed both the wish and the means to ascertain truth where the later writers were deficient in both . This is particularly the case with certain classes of facts . Anecdotes illustra- tive of individual character or habits of life ...
... possessed both the wish and the means to ascertain truth where the later writers were deficient in both . This is particularly the case with certain classes of facts . Anecdotes illustra- tive of individual character or habits of life ...
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... possessed all the ad- 1 Ammianus Marcellinus , xxvii . 4. The similarity in the name of the island Capri , ( the ancient Caprea ) which lies off Sorrento , is curious , and seems to favour the account of Frontinus , that Sur- rentum was ...
... possessed all the ad- 1 Ammianus Marcellinus , xxvii . 4. The similarity in the name of the island Capri , ( the ancient Caprea ) which lies off Sorrento , is curious , and seems to favour the account of Frontinus , that Sur- rentum was ...
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Page 74 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : he cannot flatter, he, — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he 's plain.