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But what the philosopher here says , and what the poet ( Horace ) follows ,By naked nature ne'er was understood What's just and right , — must by no means be admitted ; for man is an animal indeed , but an animal of an excellent kind ...
But what the philosopher here says , and what the poet ( Horace ) follows ,By naked nature ne'er was understood What's just and right , — must by no means be admitted ; for man is an animal indeed , but an animal of an excellent kind ...
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... carried him so far that he compounded liberality and frugality , two very different virtues , into one virtue , and assigned to truth two opposites which are by no means co - ordinate , boasting and dissimulation , and fastened upon ...
... carried him so far that he compounded liberality and frugality , two very different virtues , into one virtue , and assigned to truth two opposites which are by no means co - ordinate , boasting and dissimulation , and fastened upon ...
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And , so far , an argument may rightly be drawn from it , provided we distinguish accurately the command and will of God , which God sometimes executes by means of men , and the rights of men toward one another .
And , so far , an argument may rightly be drawn from it , provided we distinguish accurately the command and will of God , which God sometimes executes by means of men , and the rights of men toward one another .
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Marco Polo says it was in the province of Mangi , near Catay , and that the word means ' city of heaven . " An erroneous transcription . It should be 22 . § The true distance was 1,105 leagues . - N . nothing , owing to the dense ...
Marco Polo says it was in the province of Mangi , near Catay , and that the word means ' city of heaven . " An erroneous transcription . It should be 22 . § The true distance was 1,105 leagues . - N . nothing , owing to the dense ...
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In all parts of the sea where the vessels were navigated he found a depth of 15 or 16 fathoms , and all basa , by which he means that the ground is sand , and not rocks ; a thing much desired by sailors , for the rocks cut their anchor ...
In all parts of the sea where the vessels were navigated he found a depth of 15 or 16 fathoms , and all basa , by which he means that the ground is sand , and not rocks ; a thing much desired by sailors , for the rocks cut their anchor ...
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| Title | Old South Leaflets Old South Leaflets, Old South Association Issue 5 of Old South leaflets: Annual series |
| Contributor | Old South Association |
| Publisher | Directors of the Old South Work, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 8 pages |
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