The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review:: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men, in Every Age and Country; and Graphic Imitations of the Finest Specimens of the Arts; Ancient and Modern, with Remarks, Critical and Explanatory ....Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... at the Union Printing-Office, 1812 |
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... As a lawyer , his reputation has not kept pace with his fame as a philosopher ; his genius , indeed , as in every thing else , enabled him to explore and comprehend the principles of law , considered as a science ; but.
... As a lawyer , his reputation has not kept pace with his fame as a philosopher ; his genius , indeed , as in every thing else , enabled him to explore and comprehend the principles of law , considered as a science ; but.
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... philosopher . He himself lived long enough to regret that he neglected the true ambition of genius , and by plunging into business and affairs which require much less capacity , but greater firmness of mind , had exposed himself to the ...
... philosopher . He himself lived long enough to regret that he neglected the true ambition of genius , and by plunging into business and affairs which require much less capacity , but greater firmness of mind , had exposed himself to the ...
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... philosopher , we presume not to enlarge ; the bare enumeration of his nu merous and valuable works would occupy a ... philosophers of his and other ages . It must be recorded , to our disgrace , that the fame of Bacon has been more ...
... philosopher , we presume not to enlarge ; the bare enumeration of his nu merous and valuable works would occupy a ... philosophers of his and other ages . It must be recorded , to our disgrace , that the fame of Bacon has been more ...
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... philosopher who , being at sea in a storm with some impious persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in peril . " He was a great admirer of poetry , and composed some ...
... philosopher who , being at sea in a storm with some impious persons , and hearing them invoke the assistance of the gods , said , " Be quiet , lest they perceive you are in peril . " He was a great admirer of poetry , and composed some ...
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... philosopher , " but it is through pride of a different kind . " Plato had defined man animal without feathers on two legs . Diogenes stripped a cock ; and carrying it under his cloak , threw it in the middle of the academy , saying ...
... philosopher , " but it is through pride of a different kind . " Plato had defined man animal without feathers on two legs . Diogenes stripped a cock ; and carrying it under his cloak , threw it in the middle of the academy , saying ...
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