The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 6T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1808 |
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... Epictetus , was surely ill bestowed on versions from modern and familiar languages , which might have been rendered as well by any common Grub - street writer . ” 66 Here we think him doubly in the wrong , first , because we are well ...
... Epictetus , was surely ill bestowed on versions from modern and familiar languages , which might have been rendered as well by any common Grub - street writer . ” 66 Here we think him doubly in the wrong , first , because we are well ...
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... Epictetus , and also contributed to introduce her to that circle of per- sons , eminent for rank and talents , in which she afterwards moved . The version of Epictetus was be- gun in 1749 , but was not finished till 1756 ; for besides ...
... Epictetus , and also contributed to introduce her to that circle of per- sons , eminent for rank and talents , in which she afterwards moved . The version of Epictetus was be- gun in 1749 , but was not finished till 1756 ; for besides ...
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... Epictetus , by this doubt ul expression , meant to encourage suicide , contrary to his own principles , and the practice of the best of his own sect , or spoke ironically . If the former , he was inconsistent ; if the latter he should ...
... Epictetus , by this doubt ul expression , meant to encourage suicide , contrary to his own principles , and the practice of the best of his own sect , or spoke ironically . If the former , he was inconsistent ; if the latter he should ...
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... Epictetus could steal phrases , and , I think , sentences , from the Bible , and yet continue a proud heathen . : that if it be not our own fault , we shall be abundantly rewarded for our patient sufferings . sufferings . Épictetus ...
... Epictetus could steal phrases , and , I think , sentences , from the Bible , and yet continue a proud heathen . : that if it be not our own fault , we shall be abundantly rewarded for our patient sufferings . sufferings . Épictetus ...
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... Epictetus as- serts the doctrine of grace , and the duty of prayer and thanksgiving to God for his assistance in moral improvement . Own " Though there is the utmost reason to think that Epictetus , as well as other philosophers since ...
... Epictetus as- serts the doctrine of grace , and the duty of prayer and thanksgiving to God for his assistance in moral improvement . Own " Though there is the utmost reason to think that Epictetus , as well as other philosophers since ...
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