Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... taken the cream of " Conjugal Precepts in his Sermon called " The Marriage Ring , " or the large and copious use 1 See article Plutarch , in Encyclopaedia Britannica , Ninth Edition . M170824 he has made in his " Holy Living " of.
... taken the cream of " Conjugal Precepts in his Sermon called " The Marriage Ring , " or the large and copious use 1 See article Plutarch , in Encyclopaedia Britannica , Ninth Edition . M170824 he has made in his " Holy Living " of.
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... called " The Ethics of the Hearth and Home . " I have grouped these Essays in such a manner as to enable the reader to read together such as touch on the same or on kindred subjects . As is well known , the text of the Moralia is very ...
... called " The Ethics of the Hearth and Home . " I have grouped these Essays in such a manner as to enable the reader to read together such as touch on the same or on kindred subjects . As is well known , the text of the Moralia is very ...
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... called on by the people for a speech , frequently refused on the plea that he was unprepared . Similarly Demosthenes , his state - rival , when the Athenians called upon him for his advice , refused to give it , saying , " I am not ...
... called on by the people for a speech , frequently refused on the plea that he was unprepared . Similarly Demosthenes , his state - rival , when the Athenians called upon him for his advice , refused to give it , saying , " I am not ...
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... called upon to speak off - hand , retain the same character of expression . But to let mere lads speak extempore is to give rise to the acme of foolish talk . A wretched painter once showed Apelles , they say , a picture , and said ...
... called upon to speak off - hand , retain the same character of expression . But to let mere lads speak extempore is to give rise to the acme of foolish talk . A wretched painter once showed Apelles , they say , a picture , and said ...
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... called his bailiff , and said to him , " You would have caught it , had I not been very angry . " And Plato , very angry with a gluttonous and shameless slave , called his sister's son Speusippus , and said , “ Go and beat him , for I ...
... called his bailiff , and said to him , " You would have caught it , had I not been very angry . " And Plato , very angry with a gluttonous and shameless slave , called his sister's son Speusippus , and said , “ Go and beat him , for I ...
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