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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... according to the explanation of Ritschl , ( Die Alex- andrinischen Bibliotheken , p . 28 , ) four hundred and thirty - two thousand . At the time of the destruction of the great part of them by fire , they had reached seven hundred ...
... according to the explanation of Ritschl , ( Die Alex- andrinischen Bibliotheken , p . 28 , ) four hundred and thirty - two thousand . At the time of the destruction of the great part of them by fire , they had reached seven hundred ...
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... - thors which she had read , she composed eight books of miscellaneous historical memoirs , ( σύμμικτα ἱστορικὰ υπομνήματα , ) purposely abstaining from any thing like LATER COMPILATIONS . 9 an arrangement according to subjects ,
... - thors which she had read , she composed eight books of miscellaneous historical memoirs , ( σύμμικτα ἱστορικὰ υπομνήματα , ) purposely abstaining from any thing like LATER COMPILATIONS . 9 an arrangement according to subjects ,
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... according to subjects , that her readers might enjoy the pleasure arising from the variety . This work Photius , from whom we have taken our notice of it , describes as being " a most useful one for the acquirement of general ...
... according to subjects , that her readers might enjoy the pleasure arising from the variety . This work Photius , from whom we have taken our notice of it , describes as being " a most useful one for the acquirement of general ...
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... according to which Aristotle attached himself to the study of philosophy under Plato , before he had completed his eighteenth year . Independently of the difficulty of conceiving that a mere boy should have already passed through so ...
... according to which Aristotle attached himself to the study of philosophy under Plato , before he had completed his eighteenth year . Independently of the difficulty of conceiving that a mere boy should have already passed through so ...
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... ( according to others one hundred and seventy - one or two hundred and fifty- five ) States , which , judging from some fragments which have been preserved , involved their history from the earliest known times to his own . Of this ...
... ( according to others one hundred and seventy - one or two hundred and fifty- five ) States , which , judging from some fragments which have been preserved , involved their history from the earliest known times to his own . Of this ...
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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.