Peri deisidaimonias. Plutarchus, and Theophrastus, on supersition; with [a tr.], various appendices, and a life of Plutarchus [by J. Hibbert1828 |
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... translations , nor some Appendices yet more demonstrative of ignorance . However , what is printed , is printed ; and I must give as an excuse for having besmeared so much excellent paper , that here- -by I have ( at any rate partially ) ...
... translations , nor some Appendices yet more demonstrative of ignorance . However , what is printed , is printed ; and I must give as an excuse for having besmeared so much excellent paper , that here- -by I have ( at any rate partially ) ...
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... the old Jewish books were translated into Greek ' till about 260 B. C. ] [ Though it was probably not formed into one volume till after his time . ] he should have believed in it , is utterly improbable OF PLUTARCHUS . 15.
... the old Jewish books were translated into Greek ' till about 260 B. C. ] [ Though it was probably not formed into one volume till after his time . ] he should have believed in it , is utterly improbable OF PLUTARCHUS . 15.
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... translated the whole of this anecdote , without adding any observation . Ville- -main , in the Biographie Universelle , very justly says ( of Plu- -tarch's command to the executor of the punishment ) : " Il y aurait dans ce bon mot plus ...
... translated the whole of this anecdote , without adding any observation . Ville- -main , in the Biographie Universelle , very justly says ( of Plu- -tarch's command to the executor of the punishment ) : " Il y aurait dans ce bon mot plus ...
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... translated into French : for the Catal . Bibl . Bunav . ( Tom . 1 , Vol . 2. p . 1522 , ) mentions " La vie de Plutarque , traduite de l'Anglois de Dryden . v . dans le Recueil de Pièces d'Histoire et de Litte- -rature , à Paris , 1738 ...
... translated into French : for the Catal . Bibl . Bunav . ( Tom . 1 , Vol . 2. p . 1522 , ) mentions " La vie de Plutarque , traduite de l'Anglois de Dryden . v . dans le Recueil de Pièces d'Histoire et de Litte- -rature , à Paris , 1738 ...
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... translations of some of Plutarch's Treatises were printed at Basle , in 1556 , 8vo . The title of Lefevre's book is thus given in Niceron's Mé- -moires ( Tom . 3 , p . 120 , 121 ) : “ Traité de la superstition composé par Plutarque et ...
... translations of some of Plutarch's Treatises were printed at Basle , in 1556 , 8vo . The title of Lefevre's book is thus given in Niceron's Mé- -moires ( Tom . 3 , p . 120 , 121 ) : “ Traité de la superstition composé par Plutarque et ...
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Page 39 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 43 - This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit coeternal with the universe, remains unshaken.
Page 10 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Page 40 - Fear made her devils, and weak hope her gods ; Gods partial, changeful, passionate, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge, or lust ; Such as the souls of cowards might conceive, And, form'd like tyrants, tyrants would believe.
Page 14 - Delectus Argumentorum et Syllabus Scriptorum, qui Veritatem Religionis Christianae adversus Atheos, Epicureos, Deistas seu Naturalistas, Idololatrias, Judaeos et Muhammedanos Lucubrationibus suis asseruerunt.
Page 8 - Reason and Religion ; or the grounds and measures of Devotion considered from the nature of God and the nature of man, in several contemplations. With exercises of devotion applied to every contemplation,
Page 40 - You admire this prodigious variety and fecundity. But inspect a little more narrowly these living existences, the only beings worth regarding. How hostile and destructive to each other! How insufficient all of them for their own happiness! How contemptible or odious to the spectator! The whole presents nothing but the idea of a blind nature, impregnated by a great vivifying principle, and pouring forth from her lap, without discernment or parental care, her maimed and abortive children!
Page 2 - The discouerie of witchcraft, Wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the...
Page 13 - The Religious Philosopher, or, the right use of contemplating the Works of the Creator.
Page 16 - ... he from whom the universal world proceeds ; who is the Lord of the universe, and whose work is the universe ; he who is the light...