The National Quarterly Review, Volúmenes17-18Pudney & Russell, 1868 |
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... friends obtained of him the office of quæstor ; but he was not destined to enjoy it long . Caligula had died during his absence ; had he lived longer Seneca would have travelled farther . He had intended visiting India ; indeed , some ...
... friends obtained of him the office of quæstor ; but he was not destined to enjoy it long . Caligula had died during his absence ; had he lived longer Seneca would have travelled farther . He had intended visiting India ; indeed , some ...
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... friends it was made pub- lic . This opinion is considerably strengthened by the fact , that nearly twenty chapters of the beginning of the Consolatio are wanting . Doubtless the indiscreet friend suppressed the part which he thought ...
... friends it was made pub- lic . This opinion is considerably strengthened by the fact , that nearly twenty chapters of the beginning of the Consolatio are wanting . Doubtless the indiscreet friend suppressed the part which he thought ...
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... friend . The philosopher was forced to yield , but thenceforward he absented himself as much as possible , under one ... friends which surrounded Seneca burst into tears , and that without showing any sign of alarm , he tried to cheer ...
... friend . The philosopher was forced to yield , but thenceforward he absented himself as much as possible , under one ... friends which surrounded Seneca burst into tears , and that without showing any sign of alarm , he tried to cheer ...
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... friends ; and his secretaries continued to write his words as long as he was able to speak . Nero , having been informed of what passed , sent orders in all haste to have the wounds of Paulina bound up ; not that he cared for her death ...
... friends ; and his secretaries continued to write his words as long as he was able to speak . Nero , having been informed of what passed , sent orders in all haste to have the wounds of Paulina bound up ; not that he cared for her death ...
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... friends , was a striking trait in his character . Even his enemies cannot say that he ever treated a true friend otherwise than fairly . It is true that Agrippina and Claudius loaded him with honours ; it is also true that he is charged ...
... friends , was a striking trait in his character . Even his enemies cannot say that he ever treated a true friend otherwise than fairly . It is true that Agrippina and Claudius loaded him with honours ; it is also true that he is charged ...
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Página 355 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Página 14 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Página 113 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
Página 113 - For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
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Página 55 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 53 - ... by the Hindus, we may be satisfied with the testimony of the Persians ; who, though as much inclined as other nations to appropriate the ingenious inventions of a foreign people, unanimously agree, that the game was imported from the west of India, together with the charming fables of Vishnusarman in the sixth century of our era.
Página 14 - And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan ; is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Página 91 - ... the fruits of their industry, and driven, in the midst of an inclement season, to seek a shelter for themselves and their helpless families where chance may guide them?
Página 91 - It is no secret, that a persecution, accompanied with all the circumstances of ferocious cruelty, which have in all ages distinguished that dreadful calamity, is now raging in this country.