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Whatever may be said of the religious asceticism, the Epicurism required a corrective to redeem it from selfishness and guard it against self-deceit.
From Cowper by Goldwin Smith
No help from Epicurism, which provided no religious sanction for conduct; Lucretius, and Epicurean idea of the Divine.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
You that are genuine Athenians, devour with a golden Epicurism the arts and sciences, the spirits and extractions of authors.—Culverwell,
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Sir Leslie Stephen
Such criticism is characteristically Roman, and we may take it as representing accurately the feeling of the old-fashioned Roman of Cicero's day, as well as of the Stoic or Academic critic of Epicurism.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
Epicurism was scarcely more prevalent during the decline of the Roman empire than it is at this day amongst some of the wealthy and noble youths of Britain.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Maria Edgeworth
After dinner—at which an unwonted and perverse epicurism detained me longer than usual—I lighted a cigar and paced the piazza, minutely attentive to the aspect and business of a very ordinary village.
From Other Tales and Sketches (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The recipes may be thought extravagant in these late hard times—though epicurism has changed rather than vanished.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell
He remembers one night that he passed “with the greatest epicurism of sleep,” because he was often disturbed, and so got out of sleeping more conscious enjoyment.
From Lost Leaders by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge
Ragged as a beggar of Murillo's, courteous as a hidalgo by Velasquez, he added a grace and an epicurism completely French.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 by Various
He was now able to look over his notes of epicurism, and to discover where the most exquisite dishes were to be had, and the best cooks procured.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 350, January 3, 1829 by Various
