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... carried to any degree of accuracy ; but the life of men of the present day is planned with entire reference to laziness , and enjoyment , and to all sorts of pastimes . 4. But Plato , in his Philebus , says " Pleasure is the most ...
... carried to any degree of accuracy ; but the life of men of the present day is planned with entire reference to laziness , and enjoyment , and to all sorts of pastimes . 4. But Plato , in his Philebus , says " Pleasure is the most ...
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... like gardens , made them very shady , thinking it a refinement in luxury if the sun never touched them with its rays at all ; and at last they carried their insolence to such a height , that they used 826 [ B. XII . THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS .
... like gardens , made them very shady , thinking it a refinement in luxury if the sun never touched them with its rays at all ; and at last they carried their insolence to such a height , that they used 826 [ B. XII . THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS .
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... carry their luxury to an extraordinary pitch , Timæus , in his first book , relates that the female servants wait on the men in a state of nudity . And Theopompus , in the forty - third book of his History , states , that it is a law ...
... carry their luxury to an extraordinary pitch , Timæus , in his first book , relates that the female servants wait on the men in a state of nudity . And Theopompus , in the forty - third book of his History , states , that it is a law ...
Page 833
... carried their luxury to such a pitch that they had taught even their horses to dance at their feasts to the music of the flute . Accordingly the people of Crotona , ATH . - VOL . III . 3 H knowing this , and being at war with them , c ...
... carried their luxury to such a pitch that they had taught even their horses to dance at their feasts to the music of the flute . Accordingly the people of Crotona , ATH . - VOL . III . 3 H knowing this , and being at war with them , c ...
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... carrying their riders with them . And Charon of Lampsacus tells a similar story about the Cardians , in the second ... carry him by himself , on condition that no one was to splash him , and that no one else was to be taken on board ...
... carrying their riders with them . And Charon of Lampsacus tells a similar story about the Cardians , in the second ... carry him by himself , on condition that no one was to splash him , and that no one else was to be taken on board ...
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