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he always, theresere, indulged himself in the luxuries of it When Dionysiius, the Sicilian tyrant, at a feast, commande that ali iliould putii purple robes, Plato refused saying, Liuill not illi a purpae robe, dis iace Myself, horam a manis mant race. But Aristippus took it, and beginning to dance, seid, I it come pure, a mirili fui east, Neve corrupis a modest breast. This note is seom stantey's Histor os Philosophy, se p. 3s. 7 e re ard. J The three oboli, the establislied se gi ven to the ud'ges; ut hich, Iustico Dys, the wer no ent ille to a the cause remat ned et undetermined. f rea P. J Thicis ver arcti, the Pyrrhonist o Sceptics, oubted os everrthing, and con sequently could neve admit the decision os a courtis judicature.

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Fit then, o Athenians, 'umbly implore the ods that the fame Liud nes and good- ill hic hes haverat Nay bor ne tori artis his ity, and toali here present, a b extended to me in his causeri that the wil inspire rota illi the resolution, hicli si ut just, to impos silenc onaim, illes have finis hexm accusation ver different is harie hathione, rom hath hath a id to me fortis ords, S Ou Will soon perceive, resemble mine, whilst his actions are sicli as ould e most pernici ous, and whicli, I cannot sufficienti guard against : ut nota make a long exordium, hilst thewater florus in a in hear ha I have to allege against hi m. Κnois then, most venerable ud ges, that I found him hen a bor, in a habittitile belle than that os an Assyria fave, a mere Barbaria in his language, wanderino about Ionia, and notano ing hicli, a to turn himself in thigcondition too him unde m y care an brought hit up as' seemedtractabie, an attentive to me, for at this time e et me in the hi ghest clidem an veneration, Iesese ali the ricli an great, by hom I as courtia ed iid admired, and attache myset to this Oor an ignoble ouili, towhom I brought the obtest portion, o amaZ in eloquence I carrie hi maboutuo ali the tribes, and though a Oreigner go him nrolle asin citi- gen to the n litile mortificatio of his rivals when he wen to ricli,ed dino; I stili folio edit nam prandio n, hel ped hi in to compos an adorn his

si itin, me. J his is axe almost Nor for ord fro Demosthenes' oratio de Co toti and his hird Olynthiac, an is introduce here by Luci an partly perhaps, as a complimen to Demosthenes by uti in his ord in to the mouit, o Rhetori herseis, and partly, uel haps, o ridicule the affectatio an plagiaris of the orator of his time, ho made ree illi that great pener' Work in Ver discourse Lucia takes this occasio alta to lavissimo a feta encomtum onaim leti.

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Dialogue i heian. MERCURY.That, ad Rhetorio, e can neve allo N: e cannot lea by himself, and ake se of Dialogue at the a me time. SYRIAN. Since in adversar does no chus to indulge me in that elaborate an d

Dialogdie. An archaind of putetie, naturali arising rom the whimsical personificationo theria accusers.

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llas allege against me. What me told ou bout me, Lachnowlege a alltrue sit instructed, travelle with me, and introduced me to the best com- pany in reece On ali these accounts the connectio Nas most agreeable tome and now o mali ear hyci est her, and fixe m affections o thelovel Dialogue do no imagineci ould beauit ty of the eas degre offalsehood o suppor mymaUse. Κnow then, that he I perceived me no longe bellave With that temperance and sobriely, or appea re in that decent habit, hicli me ore hen edded to the Taranian orator, ut triched herself out like a hariot, plai ted heriair, an patia ted her cheelis, legan to suspeet, and walched hermar-rowlyu ut Liuilliso mention ali PDN; suffice ita say that ver night the street was illed illi runke lovers, ho came to revel illi her, knockin perpetuali atrae door, and sonae of themarea Ling in illi rude force and violente, sae seemin ali the while to augh at, an belleased with them for it frequently ould sh look oKn pon them rom heris indow, and isten to thei amorous illies; na eve so metimes penherisor, and litile hin kin Iane any th in oscit, play the anton illithem. Ita id not choos ope ni t accus heri adultery, ut notieing ableto bear such treat ment, betook myselfio Dialogue, hociived in the eigh-hou rhood, and who, thought, ould with ope arm receive me. Thesea re at the great injuries hich I have done to Rhetoric; ut even, is me hadno acted in his manner, urely, Sirs, an id man, o the verge of orty, might be permitted o retire frona striis an diu sile, and end his days in peace; t shelter himself both Domahe accusations os tyranis, and the applauses of the great; and n longe ambitious o famem admiration, tessee the Lycaeum Or Academ y, and converse there eaceably it m frien Dialogue. An now, hau in nothing more t say, I submit to our equitable determi

nation.

IUSTICE. Whichris the conqueror pMERCURY. The Syria has ever vote but One. IUSTICE. And that ne is a Rhetoriciam an noN, Dialogue, ou must speah, be-

Pisaniau. I Demosthenes.

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I shalliso trouble the our Nith a long speech, ut a m custo in is, b brie a possit, te ignorant though I am os fornas, mill proceed in myaccusation, and suppor it in the sual anner Thus far m exordium: an no to the injuries an affronis hic ho have recei, e frona his manwhicli are a folio s to it takin me, ho was alNays, hi therio usedio tal in the sublime and lost style, to at o ver the loviis, and throughth air, 'here might y Jove through the wide aether rives His rapi chari Ot. And whend was ust o to the pinnacle of at things, topping me in mystight, reah in m Wings, an reducin me pota acie vel illi the multitude: aking ossis modest tragi massi, and uti in me on a comi and satiricine sinuit in me up illi bit ter ests, keen iambics, and cynic licen-ctous esse; oin in me illi Eupolis an Aristophanes, men ho augh at,

It is an attach hic lici litti expected; I ad realbia, indeed, o hope fordifferent reatinent frona hina, homo found illi a melanch ly counte nance, iuri velle lip illi dry interrogatori es, grave, in deed, and respect- able; ut sower, aukward, and n graciotas. I augh him to al on theground like a mala, lean sed in frona his filii and ast iness, and gavehim a mile of complacen cy that made in agreeable torali belloiders; by

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joining him illi comedy, hicli e compla in os, I gained in the goodu illis his auditors, hole fore, e re a fra id of his risti es, hicli e tot forti like a porcu pine, o that thc could no venture torio ear hina. knowwhati uris him most is, that I domo sit illi hina, and dispute bout id te, subile, and perplexing questions Whether the foui is immortal; ho many meas ures, hat portionis the divine nature, od, lieni made the worid, mixed p illi the generat massis matter , hether Rhetori is made pisFlattery and Politic : and such like sibileties, hici he highi delight in , though itie aster ali, ni like cratching an id fore noth in is o lea-sant to im a tot tot heian se thos things hic his obod eis can. Thisis hat he wanis, alWay looking round for his ings, o si uinto heaven, and at the a me time anno se the thing that te e re hina pon arth. As to his complaint, that, eing mys et a Barbari an have gi ven him a Barbari an rest, and rippe him of his Grecia robe, it is a false hood stanae id mould have transgresse the laws, o ob in of his natived resis; I have oni improved it Anxnow, udges, I have ad the best de lance I could, and hope ou ill asteire, atri acquit me. MERCURY.All the te are sor ou though he who voted against ou is stili of thesime opinion; ut he is ure alway to enu the deseruing, and ut in his blac bali against them To-morro sonae ther causes are t come I,

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Were yo to cali a statuar Phidias, ou ould no pleas him more hanyoui me, by callin me a parasite no do I glor les in Dari, than hed id in his upiter.

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V ell, andri mali like tiet ter than is it a to ' Dion the Philosopher.

Firs then, e ili conside art in generat, and the descend to the severat species of it, and considerio far the parta k of the first principies of it.