The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Band 3D. A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... Philander said on the subject of medals . He was one that endeavoured rather to be agreeable than shining in conversation , for which reason he was more beloved , though not so much admired as Cynthio . I must confess , says he , I find ...
... Philander said on the subject of medals . He was one that endeavoured rather to be agreeable than shining in conversation , for which reason he was more beloved , though not so much admired as Cynthio . I must confess , says he , I find ...
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... says Cynthio , we are already so persuaded of the un- profitableness of your ... Philander , in the language of a medallist , you are not to look upon a ... says Cynthio , that to have a relish for ancient coins it is necessary to have a ...
... says Cynthio , we are already so persuaded of the un- profitableness of your ... Philander , in the language of a medallist , you are not to look upon a ... says Cynthio , that to have a relish for ancient coins it is necessary to have a ...
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... says Philander , is the showing us the faces of all the great persons of antiquity . A cabinet of medals is a collection of pictures in miniature . Juvenal calls them , very humorously , Concisum argentum in titulos , faciesque minutas ...
... says Philander , is the showing us the faces of all the great persons of antiquity . A cabinet of medals is a collection of pictures in miniature . Juvenal calls them , very humorously , Concisum argentum in titulos , faciesque minutas ...
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... says Philander , you have on medals a long list of heathen deities , distinguished from each other by their proper titles and ornaments . You see the copies of several statues that have had the politest nations of the world fall down ...
... says Philander , you have on medals a long list of heathen deities , distinguished from each other by their proper titles and ornaments . You see the copies of several statues that have had the politest nations of the world fall down ...
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... says Philander , that painters have not a little contributed to bring the study of medals in vogue . For not to mention several others , Caraccio is said to have assisted Aretine by designs that he took from the spintriæ of Tiberius ...
... says Philander , that painters have not a little contributed to bring the study of medals in vogue . For not to mention several others , Caraccio is said to have assisted Aretine by designs that he took from the spintriæ of Tiberius ...
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ancient antique Antoninus Pius apostles appear arms army beautiful Cæsar Christianity church CLAUD Claudian Commodus confess conversation cornu CREECH disciples dress DRYDEN emblem emperor empire enemy Evangelists fancy farther figure France French give gods hæc hand hath head heathen honour Horace Ibid inscription Irenæus Jews Judæa Julian the apostate Julius Cæsar kind king labarum Latin poets learned pagans lived martyrs medallists mentioned miracles modern medals monarchy multitude nation nature occasion old coins old Roman Origen OVID pagan Parthia particular passage peace persons posture present prince quæ reason religion Reverse of Adrian Rome S. C. Reverse Saviour Saviour's history says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander second series Silius Italicus Spain Spanish Spanish monarchy STATIUS suppose tell Tertullian thee third series thou thought tibi tion Trajan truth verse Victory VIRG Virgil virtues whole
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Seite 43 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Seite 57 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Seite 93 - The man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries , The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Seite 56 - Th' inscription value, but the rust adore. This the blue varnish, that the green endears, The sacred rust of twice ten hundred years ! To gain Pescennius one employs his schemes, One grasps a Cecrops in ecstatic dreams.
Seite 207 - You have yet an opportunity, by God's blessing, to secure to you and your posterity the quiet enjoyment of your religion and liberties, if you are not wanting to yourselves, but will exert the ancient vigour of the English nation : but I tell you plainly, my opinion is, if you do not lay hold on this occasion, you have no reason to hope for another.
Seite 170 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Seite 53 - ... valescat, sic ego nunc, quoniam haec ratio plerumque videtur tristior esse quibus non est tractata, retroque volgus abhorret ab hac, volui tibi suaviloquenti carminé Pierio rationem exponere nostram et quasi musaeo dulci contingere melle...
Seite 170 - ... those of their country, in the several marks of sorrow they have set on this figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture. ' By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion...
Seite 55 - Some felt the silent stroke of mould'ring age, Some hostile fury, some religious rage. Barbarian blindness, Christian zeal conspire, And Papal piety, and Gothic fire.
Seite 70 - ... particulars of an emperor's story into the several years of his reign : or, where they do it, they often differ in their several periods. Here, therefore, it is much safer to quote a medal than an author, for in this case you do not appeal to a Suetonius or a Lainpridius, but to the emperor himself, or to the whole body of a Roman senate. Besides that, a coin is in no danger of having its characters altered by copiers and transcribers.