Plutarch's Morals: Ethical EssaysGeorge Bell and Sons, 1888 - 408 pages |
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... hear how the teaching is done . This is a great mistake . For they ought after a few days to test the progress of their sons , and not . to base their hopes on the behaviour of a hireling ; and the preceptors will take all the more ...
... hear how the teaching is done . This is a great mistake . For they ought after a few days to test the progress of their sons , and not . to base their hopes on the behaviour of a hireling ; and the preceptors will take all the more ...
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... hear , their doings . We tolerate the faults of our friends ; why should we not that of our sons ? often even our slaves ' drunken debauches we do not expose . Have you been rather near ? spend more freely . Have you been vexed ? let ...
... hear , their doings . We tolerate the faults of our friends ; why should we not that of our sons ? often even our slaves ' drunken debauches we do not expose . Have you been rather near ? spend more freely . Have you been vexed ? let ...
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... hear Pericles haranguing , nor did Aristo hear Plato philosophizing , nor did their fathers know of the triumphs of Euripides and Sophocles . They heard them faltering in speech and lisping in syllables , the poor parents saw their ...
... hear Pericles haranguing , nor did Aristo hear Plato philosophizing , nor did their fathers know of the triumphs of Euripides and Sophocles . They heard them faltering in speech and lisping in syllables , the poor parents saw their ...
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... hear , is still in her prime , and " ( here my father smiled slily at Pisias ) “ she is certainly not a bit older than her rivals , and has no grey hairs , as some of those who consort with Baccho have . And if their union is seasonable ...
... hear , is still in her prime , and " ( here my father smiled slily at Pisias ) “ she is certainly not a bit older than her rivals , and has no grey hairs , as some of those who consort with Baccho have . And if their union is seasonable ...
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... hear from you to what they had an eye who first called Love a god . " § XIII . Just as Pemptides had left off , and our father was about to answer his question , another messenger came from the town , sent by Ismenodora to summon ...
... hear from you to what they had an eye who first called Love a god . " § XIII . Just as Pemptides had left off , and our father was about to answer his question , another messenger came from the town , sent by Ismenodora to summon ...
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