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... afterwards it was republished by Aldus . Before this , however , about tho year 1470 , a magnificent Latin version by various hands appeared at Rome . From this , from the Greek text , and also from certain MSS . to which he had access ...
... afterwards it was republished by Aldus . Before this , however , about tho year 1470 , a magnificent Latin version by various hands appeared at Rome . From this , from the Greek text , and also from certain MSS . to which he had access ...
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... afterwards worked up into his Roman Lives , was the delivery of lectures on philosophical and other subjects , a common practice among the learned Grecks of his day . Many of theso lectures , it is conjeo- tured , were afterwards recast ...
... afterwards worked up into his Roman Lives , was the delivery of lectures on philosophical and other subjects , a common practice among the learned Grecks of his day . Many of theso lectures , it is conjeo- tured , were afterwards recast ...
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... afterwards put to death by the commandment of Domitian . Furthermore , about the beginning of the Life of Demosthenes , Plutarch saith , that whilst he remained in Italy and at Rome , he had no leizure to study what he saith in the end ...
... afterwards put to death by the commandment of Domitian . Furthermore , about the beginning of the Life of Demosthenes , Plutarch saith , that whilst he remained in Italy and at Rome , he had no leizure to study what he saith in the end ...
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... afterwards became well read in tho narrative have been acquainted with that author either in tho original or in a translation , and the latter alternative is , with a closeness which proves that he must of the two , the more improbable ...
... afterwards became well read in tho narrative have been acquainted with that author either in tho original or in a translation , and the latter alternative is , with a closeness which proves that he must of the two , the more improbable ...
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... afterwards it was to profit himselfe , looking upon those histories , as if he had Looked in a glasse , and seeking to reform his life in some sort , and to forme it in the mould of the vertues of these great mon ; taking this fashion ...
... afterwards it was to profit himselfe , looking upon those histories , as if he had Looked in a glasse , and seeking to reform his life in some sort , and to forme it in the mould of the vertues of these great mon ; taking this fashion ...
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