The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 129
t he might possess the energyand fire of the historian. The best edition of his orations is that of Francfort,1604, in folio; with the Latin translation of Wolfius.Several of these have been translated into French, byTortueil, preceded by two well-written prefaces on thestate of Greece: but the… … tfeorQC Goolceftc- DEMOCRITUS. This philosopher was born at Abdera, in Thrace, in thefirst year of the 80th Olympiad, or 460 years B. C. Heinherited the advantages of fortune and a passion for study;but his wealth only served to gratify his love for thesciences. He travelled into every country…
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