Cato; Or, An Essay on Old Age, Том 1R. Moncrieffe, 1774 |
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... spirit as if he had been in the prime and vigour of life : and when Hanibal , with all the gaiety of a youth- ful conqueror , waa exulting in the fuc- cefs of his arms ; He gave a check to his victories , by a cool and patient per ...
... spirit as if he had been in the prime and vigour of life : and when Hanibal , with all the gaiety of a youth- ful conqueror , waa exulting in the fuc- cefs of his arms ; He gave a check to his victories , by a cool and patient per ...
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... spirit and application to his laft moments . This celebrated veteran being asked , why he did not put an end to fuch a tedious length of life ? " Be- caufe , " said he , " I find no reason to complain of old - age : " an answer truly ...
... spirit and application to his laft moments . This celebrated veteran being asked , why he did not put an end to fuch a tedious length of life ? " Be- caufe , " said he , " I find no reason to complain of old - age : " an answer truly ...
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... ftation . I particularize thefe circumftances as a proof , that by témperance and exercife , a man may fecure to his old - age no inconfiderable degree D + degree of his former spirit and acti- vity . If ESSAY on OLD - AGE . 49.
... ftation . I particularize thefe circumftances as a proof , that by témperance and exercife , a man may fecure to his old - age no inconfiderable degree D + degree of his former spirit and acti- vity . If ESSAY on OLD - AGE . 49.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero. degree of his former spirit and acti- vity . If it must be acknowledged , that time will inevitably undermine the strength of man ; it muft equally be acknow- ledged , that old - age is a season ... spirit and acti- ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero. degree of his former spirit and acti- vity . If it must be acknowledged , that time will inevitably undermine the strength of man ; it muft equally be acknow- ledged , that old - age is a season ... spirit and acti- ...
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... spirit and magnanimity of his illuf- trious father , he poffeffed a more im- proved and cultivated understanding.43 What wonder then , if age is fometimes oppreffed with thofe infirmities , from which youth , we fee , is by no means ...
... spirit and magnanimity of his illuf- trious father , he poffeffed a more im- proved and cultivated understanding.43 What wonder then , if age is fometimes oppreffed with thofe infirmities , from which youth , we fee , is by no means ...
Често срещани думи и фрази
againſt agreeably alfo alſo antient Archytas Atticus Cato Cato's Caton celebrated character Cicero cife circumftance confequence confiderable confiftent converfation courſe death defire diftinguished divine Ennius eſteem exercife exiſtence exprefs Fabius Maximus fages faid fame fatisfaction fays feems fenate fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhould fingular firſt fome fometimes foul fpecies fpirit friends ftate ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furely himſelf hiſtory honour human illuftrious inftance juſt laſt leaft leaſt lefs Livy Maximus meaſures ment mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary obferved occafion old-age paffage paffed paffions Pelias perfons philofophers Plato pleaſures Plut Plutarch poet prefent principles purpoſe Pyrrhus Pythagoras queftion racter raiſed reafon refpect reft reprefents Roman Rome Samnites ſcience Scipio Scipio Africanus ſeems ſeveral ſhall Socrates ſtate Tarentum thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion truth ufual univerfally vendat virtues whofe whoſe Xanthippus youth
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