"But the skilful marksman, like our philosopher, examines first the mark he is to shoot at, with all possible diligence and care, to see whether it be soft or hard, for some are impenetrable; then dipping his arrow, not in poison, like the Scythians, nor in opium, like the Curetes, but in a kind of sharp, yet pleasing liquid, take a sure and certain aim: the dart thrown out with that degree of force which is necessary, and fixed in the center, diffuses its medicinal virtues over every part of the soul."
Nigrinus, A Dialogue. [from The Works of Lucian]
3 entries in ESTC (1780, 1781). See also <u>Select Dialogues</u> (1785). Translations of select dialogues date from 1634.<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Lucian, from the Greek, by Thomas Francklin, D. D. Some Time Greek Professor in the University of Cambridge.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1780). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T112683">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=OaLc_9I-gvAC">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;