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... hands appeared at Rome . From this , from the Greek text , and also from certain MSS . to which he had access , Amyot in the year 1559 composed his excellent translation , of which it has been well said : vi PREFACE .
... hands appeared at Rome . From this , from the Greek text , and also from certain MSS . to which he had access , Amyot in the year 1559 composed his excellent translation , of which it has been well said : vi PREFACE .
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... hands , is of unequal merit . Some Lives are rendered into a racy and idiomatic , although somewhat archaic English , while others fall far short of the standard of Sir Thomas North's work . Dryden's version has during the last few ...
... hands , is of unequal merit . Some Lives are rendered into a racy and idiomatic , although somewhat archaic English , while others fall far short of the standard of Sir Thomas North's work . Dryden's version has during the last few ...
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... hands of Octavianus , who , in the year B.C. 27 , received from tho Roman Senate the title of Augustus , or the Sacred , by which name ho is commonly known as the first of the long series of Roman Emperors . " He made himself , " says ...
... hands of Octavianus , who , in the year B.C. 27 , received from tho Roman Senate the title of Augustus , or the Sacred , by which name ho is commonly known as the first of the long series of Roman Emperors . " He made himself , " says ...
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... hands , ' published at London in 1683-86 . It was dedicated by Dryden to James Butler , the first Duke of Ormond , in a fulsomo panegyric . It is said that forty - one trans- lators laboured at the work . Dryden did not translato any of ...
... hands , ' published at London in 1683-86 . It was dedicated by Dryden to James Butler , the first Duke of Ormond , in a fulsomo panegyric . It is said that forty - one trans- lators laboured at the work . Dryden did not translato any of ...
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... hands , It is , ho answered , for myself . Conversely , when I am reproached with standing by and watching while tiles are measured 、 out , and stone and mortar brought up , This service , I say , is not for myself , it is for my ...
... hands , It is , ho answered , for myself . Conversely , when I am reproached with standing by and watching while tiles are measured 、 out , and stone and mortar brought up , This service , I say , is not for myself , it is for my ...
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