The epistles of Lucius Annæus Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, Volumen2 |
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... nature . This is all called virtue ; : this is the Honeftum , and only good of man . For fince reafon alone per- fects the man ; perfect reafon alone hath made him happy ; and that is the only good of man , by which only he is made ...
... nature . This is all called virtue ; : this is the Honeftum , and only good of man . For fince reafon alone per- fects the man ; perfect reafon alone hath made him happy ; and that is the only good of man , by which only he is made ...
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... Nature's God Its proper useful implement beftow'd . To all the feather'd choir fwiftnefs of wing , To bulls their sprouting horns , to bees their fting . Reafon his ftrength , and fureft guard , is giv'n To man alone , the richest gift ...
... Nature's God Its proper useful implement beftow'd . To all the feather'd choir fwiftnefs of wing , To bulls their sprouting horns , to bees their fting . Reafon his ftrength , and fureft guard , is giv'n To man alone , the richest gift ...
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... nature of things ; it is falfehood alone that gives it a disgust . Again , if death makes his approach , and calls upon us , though fome- what immaturely ; nay , though he cuts us off in the flower of our age , yet the fruit of the ...
... nature of things ; it is falfehood alone that gives it a disgust . Again , if death makes his approach , and calls upon us , though fome- what immaturely ; nay , though he cuts us off in the flower of our age , yet the fruit of the ...
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... natural than the fear of darknefs ; and this is what death seems to threaten us with . And therefore , however ... nature of things for any one to address with magna- nimity what he thinks an evil ; flothful and dilatory will be ...
... natural than the fear of darknefs ; and this is what death seems to threaten us with . And therefore , however ... nature of things for any one to address with magna- nimity what he thinks an evil ; flothful and dilatory will be ...
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... flowers , not without a fort of leaven , if I may call it fo , which blends things toge- ther of a different nature , it receives this quality . I 2 But But not to digrefs farther from the business in hand LUCIUS ANNEUS SENECA . 59.
... flowers , not without a fort of leaven , if I may call it fo , which blends things toge- ther of a different nature , it receives this quality . I 2 But But not to digrefs farther from the business in hand LUCIUS ANNEUS SENECA . 59.
Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo alſo animal anſwer aſk becauſe body Cato cauſe Cicero confequence confifts death defire diſeaſe Epicurus EPISTLE evil exercife fafe faid faith falfe fame fear feem fenfe fentence feven fhall fhew fince firſt fo long fome fomething fometimes foon forrow fortune foul ftill ftrength fubject fuch things fuffer fufficient fuperfluous fuppofe fure give greateſt happy hath himſelf houſes inftruction itſelf laft laſt learned leaſt lefs likewife Lipf Lipfius live Lucilius meaſure mind moft moſt muft Muret muſt myſelf Nature neceffary neceffity obferves ourſelves Ovid pafs pain perfon philofophy pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plin Plutarch poffible Pofidonius praiſe precepts prefent purpoſe Pythagoras quæ queſtion quod raiſed reafon riches ſay ſee Seneca ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſtill Stoics ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe underſtanding unleſs uſe virtue whence whofe wife wiſdom yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 161 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Página 182 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Página 145 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Página 181 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Página 145 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Página 85 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Página 196 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 140 - ... and dangers of the air and the earth, there are perils by water and perils by fire. This...
Página 140 - ... and virtuous men ; as may enable us to encounter the accidents of life with fortitude, and to conform ourfelves to the order of nature, who governs her great kingdom, the world, by continual mutations.
Página 148 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.