Social Life in Greece from Homer to MenanderMacmillan, 1874 - 495 strani |
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... manners strangely like our own , strangely modern , as he might term it . The thoughts and feelings of modern life would be there without the appliances , and the high standard of general culture would more than counter- balance sundry ...
... manners strangely like our own , strangely modern , as he might term it . The thoughts and feelings of modern life would be there without the appliances , and the high standard of general culture would more than counter- balance sundry ...
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... manners , but which in the far more interesting lyric age — the transition from the old to the new life - fail us utterly , and allow little more than scattered reflections , often incon- sistent , and scanty inferences , always ...
... manners , but which in the far more interesting lyric age — the transition from the old to the new life - fail us utterly , and allow little more than scattered reflections , often incon- sistent , and scanty inferences , always ...
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... and outraged honour to the majesty of the law , that forbad all violence , even in the vindication of personal injury . And so the refinement of Greek manners culminated in the gentle Menander , who brings his I. ] 5 INTRODUCTION .
... and outraged honour to the majesty of the law , that forbad all violence , even in the vindication of personal injury . And so the refinement of Greek manners culminated in the gentle Menander , who brings his I. ] 5 INTRODUCTION .
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John Pentland Mahaffy. manners culminated in the gentle Menander , who brings his philosophy to aid the dictates of the law , and warns us that controversy and disputes are dis- agreeable and inconsistent with true comfort , and that a ...
John Pentland Mahaffy. manners culminated in the gentle Menander , who brings his philosophy to aid the dictates of the law , and warns us that controversy and disputes are dis- agreeable and inconsistent with true comfort , and that a ...
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... Manners of the Heroic Age , ' it is necessary to warn the reader against the too ready faith here shown by a great writer , else- where imbued with a very sceptical spirit . Other points of difference will disclose themselves in the ...
... Manners of the Heroic Age , ' it is necessary to warn the reader against the too ready faith here shown by a great writer , else- where imbued with a very sceptical spirit . Other points of difference will disclose themselves in the ...
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