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... Roman Classics recommended - 388 388 120 357 121 torians Livy Tacitus 389 389 389 122 On the Beauty of Epistolary 358 Writing 390 63 Marcellus's Attack on Syracuse 64 Conquests of the Roman Generals 65 Introduction into Italy of the ...
... Roman Classics recommended - 388 388 120 357 121 torians Livy Tacitus 389 389 389 122 On the Beauty of Epistolary 358 Writing 390 63 Marcellus's Attack on Syracuse 64 Conquests of the Roman Generals 65 Introduction into Italy of the ...
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... Roman Historical Critics - 171 Modern , Philosophical , and Histo- rical Critics 172 Lexicon and Dictionary ... Romans 583 27 Character of Catiline 584 12 Oration of Pericles 13 Character of Marius 28 Titus Quinctius to the Romans Hooke ...
... Roman Historical Critics - 171 Modern , Philosophical , and Histo- rical Critics 172 Lexicon and Dictionary ... Romans 583 27 Character of Catiline 584 12 Oration of Pericles 13 Character of Marius 28 Titus Quinctius to the Romans Hooke ...
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... Roman Senate Sallust . 591 36 Canuleius to the Roman Consuls Hooke . 592 37 Character of Cicero 38 Speech on reducing the Army Pulteney . 615 for repealing the Septennial 39 Act - Middl . 593 Sir John St. Aubin . 616 40 The Minister's ...
... Roman Senate Sallust . 591 36 Canuleius to the Roman Consuls Hooke . 592 37 Character of Cicero 38 Speech on reducing the Army Pulteney . 615 for repealing the Septennial 39 Act - Middl . 593 Sir John St. Aubin . 616 40 The Minister's ...
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... Roman series had been their concern , who had never read over , in their own language , a Latin historian - that they who grudged no expense for originals , knew them only by hearsay from their worst co- pies - that the very persons who ...
... Roman series had been their concern , who had never read over , in their own language , a Latin historian - that they who grudged no expense for originals , knew them only by hearsay from their worst co- pies - that the very persons who ...
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... Roman go- vernor , they both appeal to these records of Pontius Pilate , as then generally known ; which we cannot conceive such able apo- logists would have done , if no such re- cords had ever existedt . Having seen what was of old ...
... Roman go- vernor , they both appeal to these records of Pontius Pilate , as then generally known ; which we cannot conceive such able apo- logists would have done , if no such re- cords had ever existedt . Having seen what was of old ...
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Page 190 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : But I say unto you, Swear not at all...
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Page 2 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 172 - they are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven...
Page 1 - standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, " is Human Life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred.
Page 28 - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Page 204 - Because they promise them both by their Sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform.
Page 212 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people.
Page 212 - See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 2 - Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes, and danced before them ; but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sunk.