The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms.
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The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms.
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Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C.
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London :: Printed by Fr. Leach ... for the author,
1699.
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"The epistles of Phalaris translated into English from the original Greek by S. Whately ... ; to which is added Sir W. Temple's Character of the epistles of Phalaris ; together with an appendix of some other epistles lately discovered in a French ms." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54647.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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descriptionPage 129
Ep. 120. To Axiochus.
A Man may have some kind of reason
to value himself, as upon the other
Advantages of Fortune, so upon that of
being Nobly born. But as for my part I
think no man Nobly born, but he that is
born to virtue. All else is the Lottery
of Chance. A Brave Man born of Ob∣scure
Parents may Out-shine the Nobi∣lity
of Princes and Emperors: And a
Raskally Son of an Honourable Parent
levels himself with the Dregs of Mankind,
and is the Scandal of his own Name.
Boast yourself therefore to the Syracusi∣ans
of the Virtues of your own Soul,
and not of the Glories of your Ancestors,
which are all bury'd in a Degenerating
Off-spring.
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