Lucretius on the Nature of ThingsG. Bell & Sons, 1908 - 267 pages |
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Page viii
... round the walls with busts of the Caesars upon the cases . Here there were some pictures , including a St. Sebastian of the Florentine school which he hoped , rather than believed , was painted by Lorenzo di Credi ; though he said that ...
... round the walls with busts of the Caesars upon the cases . Here there were some pictures , including a St. Sebastian of the Florentine school which he hoped , rather than believed , was painted by Lorenzo di Credi ; though he said that ...
Page ix
Titus Lucretius Carus James Duff Duff. the letters rather large and round ; he used quill pens always . His lunch , like his breakfast , consisted of his commons , i.e. bread and butter ; he was somewhat shocked when he observed that a ...
Titus Lucretius Carus James Duff Duff. the letters rather large and round ; he used quill pens always . His lunch , like his breakfast , consisted of his commons , i.e. bread and butter ; he was somewhat shocked when he observed that a ...
Page 32
... round the bowl with the sweet yellow juice of honey , that the unthinking age of children may be fooled as far as the lips , and meanwhile drink up the bitter draught of wormwood and though beguiled yet not be betrayed , 32 LUCRETIUS.
... round the bowl with the sweet yellow juice of honey , that the unthinking age of children may be fooled as far as the lips , and meanwhile drink up the bitter draught of wormwood and though beguiled yet not be betrayed , 32 LUCRETIUS.
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... round . Again nature keeps the sum of things from setting any limit to itself , since she compels body to be ended by void and void in turn by body , so that either she thus renders the universe infinite by this alternation of the two ...
... round . Again nature keeps the sum of things from setting any limit to itself , since she compels body to be ended by void and void in turn by body , so that either she thus renders the universe infinite by this alternation of the two ...
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... round bickers with signs and the sun's flame is fed throughout the blue of heaven , because heat flying from the centre all gathers to- gether there , and that the topmost boughs of trees could not put forth leaves at all , unless from ...
... round bickers with signs and the sun's flame is fed throughout the blue of heaven , because heat flying from the centre all gathers to- gether there , and that the topmost boughs of trees could not put forth leaves at all , unless from ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition A. H. Bullen AUGUSTE MOLINIER beget begotten blows bodies of matter born bright cause clouds colour dark death directions round discharged Double vol ears earth English Engravings Essays ether exist eyes fire first-beginnings of things flame flavour force formed frame FREDERIC HARRISON G. A. Aitken gods Greek hand haply Hazlitt heat heaven History idols of things Illustrations infinite J. H. Freese John Dennis kind light limbs living things Lucretius Memoir mind mirror Moreover mortal motions nature P. L. Simmonds pass perceive PERCY DEARMER Portraits produced Prose race reason Revised Edition round seeds seen sense shapes shew shewn sleep smell soul spots stone stream strike sum of things sure sweet Trans Translated verses voice void W. W. Skeat Wherefore whole body wild beasts William Hazlitt winds withdraw wont Woodcuts words WYNNARD HOOPER
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