Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... wishes to know more about Plutarch , consult the article on Plutarch , in the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica , by the well - known scholar F. A. Paley . He will also do well to read an Essay on Plutarch by R. W. Emerson ...
... wishes to know more about Plutarch , consult the article on Plutarch , in the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica , by the well - known scholar F. A. Paley . He will also do well to read an Essay on Plutarch by R. W. Emerson ...
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... wish to give my opinion , that I regard a monotonous speech first as no small proof of want of taste , next as likely to gene- rate disdain , and certain not to please long . For to harp on one string is always tiresome and brings ...
... wish to give my opinion , that I regard a monotonous speech first as no small proof of want of taste , next as likely to gene- rate disdain , and certain not to please long . For to harp on one string is always tiresome and brings ...
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... wish to serve me up raw to the Cyclops ; " flouting the King as one - eyed and the cook with his profession . Eutropio replied , " You shall lose your head , and pay the penalty for this babbling and mad insolence ; " and reported his ...
... wish to serve me up raw to the Cyclops ; " flouting the King as one - eyed and the cook with his profession . Eutropio replied , " You shall lose your head , and pay the penalty for this babbling and mad insolence ; " and reported his ...
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... wish in a dispu- tatious spirit to make any distinction , you will find that this boy - love goes beyond all bounds , and , like some late - born and ill - begotten bastard brat , seeks to expel its legitimate brother the older love ...
... wish in a dispu- tatious spirit to make any distinction , you will find that this boy - love goes beyond all bounds , and , like some late - born and ill - begotten bastard brat , seeks to expel its legitimate brother the older love ...
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... wishes are consulted . § XII . The Sun beat the North Wind.2 For when it blew a strong and terrible blast , and tried to make the man remove his cloak , he only drew it round him more closely , but when the Sun came out with its warm ...
... wishes are consulted . § XII . The Sun beat the North Wind.2 For when it blew a strong and terrible blast , and tried to make the man remove his cloak , he only drew it round him more closely , but when the Sun came out with its warm ...
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