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... says— He was to music much devoted , and Sought ever pleasing sounds to gratify His delicate taste . 3. And yet some people say that the desire of pleasure is a natural desire , as may be proved by all animals becoming enslaved by it ...
... says— He was to music much devoted , and Sought ever pleasing sounds to gratify His delicate taste . 3. And yet some people say that the desire of pleasure is a natural desire , as may be proved by all animals becoming enslaved by it ...
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... says " And accordingly , while he gave to all those who could invent him any new kind of food , a prize for their invention , he did not , while loading them with honours , allow the food which they had invented to be set before them ...
... says " And accordingly , while he gave to all those who could invent him any new kind of food , a prize for their invention , he did not , while loading them with honours , allow the food which they had invented to be set before them ...
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... says- For I have all these witnesses in the city , That I'm the only one can dress a sausage , A candaulus , eggs , a thrium , all in no time : Was there any error or mistake in this ? And Nicostratus , in his Cook , says— A man who ...
... says- For I have all these witnesses in the city , That I'm the only one can dress a sausage , A candaulus , eggs , a thrium , all in no time : Was there any error or mistake in this ? And Nicostratus , in his Cook , says— A man who ...
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... says , attempted to put an end to the Assembly at Olympia , by appointing a meeting for games , with enormously rich prizes , to be held at exactly the same time as the Olympian games ; but some say that the Sybarites did this . 23. But ...
... says , attempted to put an end to the Assembly at Olympia , by appointing a meeting for games , with enormously rich prizes , to be held at exactly the same time as the Olympian games ; but some say that the Sybarites did this . 23. But ...
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... says , " and founded all the cities on the Hellespont , and settled all the country about the Euxine Sea with beautiful cities . And they all betook themselves to Miletus . But when they were enervated by pleasure and luxury , all the ...
... says , " and founded all the cities on the Hellespont , and settled all the country about the Euxine Sea with beautiful cities . And they all betook themselves to Miletus . But when they were enervated by pleasure and luxury , all the ...
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