Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... actions gives a good model how to deal wisely in future ones . § XIV . We must also keep our sons from filthy language . For , as Democritus says , Language is the shadow of action . They must also be taught to be affable and courteous ...
... actions gives a good model how to deal wisely in future ones . § XIV . We must also keep our sons from filthy language . For , as Democritus says , Language is the shadow of action . They must also be taught to be affable and courteous ...
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... action of the sea waves , that its surface may be rendered waterproof by this plash and cement , and it is hard for even iron or stone to break it . And what is more wonderful still , so symmetrically is the entrance of the nest ...
... action of the sea waves , that its surface may be rendered waterproof by this plash and cement , and it is hard for even iron or stone to break it . And what is more wonderful still , so symmetrically is the entrance of the nest ...
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... action and a stage , nothing else is wanting to the drama , let us only pray to the Mother of the Muses to be propitious , and give me memory for my narrative . § 11. Long ago our father , before we were born , having lately married our ...
... action and a stage , nothing else is wanting to the drama , let us only pray to the Mother of the Muses to be propitious , and give me memory for my narrative . § 11. Long ago our father , before we were born , having lately married our ...
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... actions . And now there was no more talk about the sports , but everyone left the theatre for the neighbour- hood of Ismenodora's house , and there stood in groups talking and disputing about what had happened . § XI . Now when Pisias ...
... actions . And now there was no more talk about the sports , but everyone left the theatre for the neighbour- hood of Ismenodora's house , and there stood in groups talking and disputing about what had happened . § XI . Now when Pisias ...
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... his Preface to Pausanias , p . xxi , gives from an old Scholia a sort of excuse for the action of the women of Lemnos . • Probably the epilepsy . See Herodotus , iii . 33 . disputing when a serpent passed by them on the road ON LOVE . 41.
... his Preface to Pausanias , p . xxi , gives from an old Scholia a sort of excuse for the action of the women of Lemnos . • Probably the epilepsy . See Herodotus , iii . 33 . disputing when a serpent passed by them on the road ON LOVE . 41.
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