Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 pages |
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... passage in Plato's Timaeus , as quot- ed by Dr. Leland . " The poet cannot sing , " says the Greek philosopher , " except he be full of God , and carried out of himself . " They do not say these things by art , but by a divine power ...
... passage in Plato's Timaeus , as quot- ed by Dr. Leland . " The poet cannot sing , " says the Greek philosopher , " except he be full of God , and carried out of himself . " They do not say these things by art , but by a divine power ...
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... passage , strik- ingly adapted to our present purpose . Speaking of Jupiter , O'er gods and mortals , o'er the dreary plains , And shadowy ghosts supremely just he reigns . But , dreadful in his wrath , to hell pursued With thunders ...
... passage , strik- ingly adapted to our present purpose . Speaking of Jupiter , O'er gods and mortals , o'er the dreary plains , And shadowy ghosts supremely just he reigns . But , dreadful in his wrath , to hell pursued With thunders ...
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... passages compared , serve to verify a re- mark of Dr. Robertson , that hundreds even thousands of years have done little towards changing the Indians , either in their customs or character . It is not improper here to mention the custom ...
... passages compared , serve to verify a re- mark of Dr. Robertson , that hundreds even thousands of years have done little towards changing the Indians , either in their customs or character . It is not improper here to mention the custom ...
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... passage in the Lacedæmonian history , which clearly shows how much reason the Helots had to complain , not only of the cruelty , but also of the perfidy of their masters . When , in the midst of the Peloponesian war , 50 LECTURE IV . VI ...
... passage in the Lacedæmonian history , which clearly shows how much reason the Helots had to complain , not only of the cruelty , but also of the perfidy of their masters . When , in the midst of the Peloponesian war , 50 LECTURE IV . VI ...
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... passage , contained in his fifth book of Tusculan questions , appears to have considered the Greeks , as gen- erally ... passages in the writings of Tully , but especially from the Satires of Juvenal . The same abominations are now ...
... passage , contained in his fifth book of Tusculan questions , appears to have considered the Greeks , as gen- erally ... passages in the writings of Tully , but especially from the Satires of Juvenal . The same abominations are now ...
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