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Page vii
... present day is that of the Langhornes . Their style is certainly dull and commonplace , and is in many instances deserving of the harsh epithets which have been lavished upon it . We must remember , however , before unsparingly ...
... present day is that of the Langhornes . Their style is certainly dull and commonplace , and is in many instances deserving of the harsh epithets which have been lavished upon it . We must remember , however , before unsparingly ...
Page viii
... present version was undertaken with his consent and his approval . Those translated by Mr. Long were selected by him as illustrating a period of Roman history in which he was especially interested , and will therefore be found to bo ...
... present version was undertaken with his consent and his approval . Those translated by Mr. Long were selected by him as illustrating a period of Roman history in which he was especially interested , and will therefore be found to bo ...
Page xxvii
... present day , how much more must it have been so before the invention of printing , at a time when it was more usual to listen to books read aloud than to read them oneself ? Plutarch journeyed to Rome just as IIero- dotus went to ...
... present day , how much more must it have been so before the invention of printing , at a time when it was more usual to listen to books read aloud than to read them oneself ? Plutarch journeyed to Rome just as IIero- dotus went to ...
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... present ; although that some Lives , as those of Scipio African , of Metellus Numidicus , and some other are not to be found . Now himselfe confesseth in some place , that when he began this worke , at the first it was but to profit ...
... present ; although that some Lives , as those of Scipio African , of Metellus Numidicus , and some other are not to be found . Now himselfe confesseth in some place , that when he began this worke , at the first it was but to profit ...
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... present day , the Athenians sacrifice a ram on the day before the feast of Theseus , a mark of respect which is much more justly due to him , than those which they pay to Silanion and Parrhasius , who have only made pictures and statues ...
... present day , the Athenians sacrifice a ram on the day before the feast of Theseus , a mark of respect which is much more justly due to him , than those which they pay to Silanion and Parrhasius , who have only made pictures and statues ...
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