The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 96
... CICERO . What kind of philosophy is it , to extol melancholy , the most detestable thing in nature ? ABOUT an age ago it was the fashion in England , for every one that would be thought religious , to throw as much sanctity as possible ...
... CICERO . What kind of philosophy is it , to extol melancholy , the most detestable thing in nature ? ABOUT an age ago it was the fashion in England , for every one that would be thought religious , to throw as much sanctity as possible ...
Page 148
... Cicero , who made the greatest figure at the bar , and in the senate of the Roman common- wealth , and at the same time outshined all the philo- sophers of antiquity in his library , and in his retire- ments , as busying himself in the ...
... Cicero , who made the greatest figure at the bar , and in the senate of the Roman common- wealth , and at the same time outshined all the philo- sophers of antiquity in his library , and in his retire- ments , as busying himself in the ...
Page 396
... shone the brightest among the ancient Romans , ap- pear to have been strongly animated by this passion . Cicero , whose learning and services to his country are so well known , was inflamed by it to an 396 554 . SPECTATOR .
... shone the brightest among the ancient Romans , ap- pear to have been strongly animated by this passion . Cicero , whose learning and services to his country are so well known , was inflamed by it to an 396 554 . SPECTATOR .
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