1917 printed page 59 / §§180–183
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Work: Letter of Aristeas
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Letter of Aristeas — H. St. J. Thackeray 1917
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Printed page 59 Original marginal section labels beginning on this page: §180, §181, §182, §183. The opening continues §179 from the preceding page. done this first. I regard this day of your arrival as a great day, and from year to year shall it be held in honour all our long life. Moreover, it happens to be the anniversary of our naval victory over Antigonus.{1} Therefore also it shall be my pleasure to sup with you to-day. All things," he added, "shall be duly prepared for you in accordance with your _national_ customs, and for me with you." And when they had expressed their gratitude, he …
- Source
- The Letter of Aristeas, H. St. J. Thackeray, SPCK / Macmillan 1917
- Rights
- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
- Completeness
- Complete identified Letter, printed pages 21–87, original headings I–XII and marginal labels 1–322. Main text, 200 historical translator notes and labelled modern reading cautions are visibly separated. Introduction, blank page 88, appendix from page 89, bibliography and digital wrappers excluded from reading body.
- Review
- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
Recorded provenance: Original English historical translation, not generated translation. ABBYY OCR seeded a full source-scan collation. Corrections and source coordinates are recorded in the three collation JSON files. Printed line wraps joined; paragraph breaks and headings retained. Underscores encode italics; {n} retains page-local footnote links. Main text, historical notes and 2026 editorial cautions have separate visible labels. Source acknowledgment: Robarts Library / University of Toronto via Internet Archive.
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