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Page ii
... reason is obvious enough . One has to consider not only the man of exact memory , but the man whose memory is the reverse of exact . The former will find the quotation at once in its regular shape ; the latter , after finding in the ...
... reason is obvious enough . One has to consider not only the man of exact memory , but the man whose memory is the reverse of exact . The former will find the quotation at once in its regular shape ; the latter , after finding in the ...
Page vii
... Facilis descensus , etc. , and it is ten chances to one ( and perhaps much longer odds ) that the remainder of the passage will not be correctly repeated . as Latin writers , for the simple reason that they INTRODUCTION . vii.
... Facilis descensus , etc. , and it is ten chances to one ( and perhaps much longer odds ) that the remainder of the passage will not be correctly repeated . as Latin writers , for the simple reason that they INTRODUCTION . vii.
Page viii
... reason that they wrote in Greek , 1 Only second to the duty of accurate quotation is the task of selecting passages fit for insertion in the collection . The first compilers proceeded , not unnaturally , in the way of accumulation ...
... reason that they wrote in Greek , 1 Only second to the duty of accurate quotation is the task of selecting passages fit for insertion in the collection . The first compilers proceeded , not unnaturally , in the way of accumulation ...
Page ix
... reason . The mention of the Passion of Christ by Tacitus might be added as a further case in point . The other exceptionable passages belong to that class of famous though , perhaps , fabulous sayings - the menus mensonges de l ...
... reason . The mention of the Passion of Christ by Tacitus might be added as a further case in point . The other exceptionable passages belong to that class of famous though , perhaps , fabulous sayings - the menus mensonges de l ...
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... reason and method . He has method in his madness . Why , the job's as bad As if you tried by reason to be mad . - Conington . Cf. Shakesp . Hamlet , 2 , 2 , 208 : Tho ' this be madness , yet there is method in it . 49. Acta exteriora ...
... reason and method . He has method in his madness . Why , the job's as bad As if you tried by reason to be mad . - Conington . Cf. Shakesp . Hamlet , 2 , 2 , 208 : Tho ' this be madness , yet there is method in it . 49. Acta exteriora ...
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