Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 124
... friends , his kinsman , or his country ; yet we are told he adopted Cybisthus , his sister's son . For the soul , having a principle of kindness in itself , and being born to love , as well as perceive , think , or remember , inclines ...
... friends , his kinsman , or his country ; yet we are told he adopted Cybisthus , his sister's son . For the soul , having a principle of kindness in itself , and being born to love , as well as perceive , think , or remember , inclines ...
Page 232
... friends to supper , and all friendly visiting and intercourse whatever ; in all the time he had to do with the public , which was not a little , he was never known to have gone to any of his friends to a supper , except that once when ...
... friends to supper , and all friendly visiting and intercourse whatever ; in all the time he had to do with the public , which was not a little , he was never known to have gone to any of his friends to a supper , except that once when ...
Page 260
... friends and acquaint- ance having died in the plague time , and those of his family having long since been in disorder and in a kind of mutiny against him . For the eldest of his lawfully begotten sons , Xanthippus by name , being ...
... friends and acquaint- ance having died in the plague time , and those of his family having long since been in disorder and in a kind of mutiny against him . For the eldest of his lawfully begotten sons , Xanthippus by name , being ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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