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Page vii
... authority and weight in his writings and life , in his publication entitled ' Pius , ' or ' De Pace , ' records that Caius Sallust , the author of that grave and serious composition , ( seriæ illius et severæ orationis , ) in which he ...
... authority and weight in his writings and life , in his publication entitled ' Pius , ' or ' De Pace , ' records that Caius Sallust , the author of that grave and serious composition , ( seriæ illius et severæ orationis , ) in which he ...
Page x
... authority of Varro or Gellius , on which it chiefly rests ; and his reasoning is as follows : That such writers as Gellius are not always to be trusted ; that Gellius often quoted from memory ; that he cites older authors on the ...
... authority of Varro or Gellius , on which it chiefly rests ; and his reasoning is as follows : That such writers as Gellius are not always to be trusted ; that Gellius often quoted from memory ; that he cites older authors on the ...
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... second chapter of the second book . As a historian , he is of little authority . His work , it has been ob- De Historicis Latinis . 3 Burm . ad Quintil . , x . , 3 . 2 Pref . to Florus . served , is rather a panegyric on the Romans ,
... second chapter of the second book . As a historian , he is of little authority . His work , it has been ob- De Historicis Latinis . 3 Burm . ad Quintil . , x . , 3 . 2 Pref . to Florus . served , is rather a panegyric on the Romans ,
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... Bernouf . Sallust caiis the consuls imperatores , c . 6 . 6 Governments shifted from hand to hand ] Aliud aliò ferri . Evidently alluding to changes in government . altered together with its morals ; and thus authority is 6 SALLUST .
... Bernouf . Sallust caiis the consuls imperatores , c . 6 . 6 Governments shifted from hand to hand ] Aliud aliò ferri . Evidently alluding to changes in government . altered together with its morals ; and thus authority is 6 SALLUST .
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... authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving1 . Even in agriculture2 , in navigation , and in architecture , whatever man performs owns the dominion of intellect . Yet many human beings , resigned to sensuality ...
... authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving1 . Even in agriculture2 , in navigation , and in architecture , whatever man performs owns the dominion of intellect . Yet many human beings , resigned to sensuality ...
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