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Pagina 238
... Plutarch has written an essay on the benefits which a man may receive from hiB enemies, and, among the good fruits of enmity, mentions this in particular, that by the reproaches which it casts upon us we see the worst side of ourselves ...
... Plutarch has written an essay on the benefits which a man may receive from hiB enemies, and, among the good fruits of enmity, mentions this in particular, that by the reproaches which it casts upon us we see the worst side of ourselves ...
Pagina 256
... Plutarch just now told me, that it is in human life as in a game at tables, one may wish he had the highest cast, but if his chance be otherwise, he is even to play it as well as he can, and make the best of it. " I am, Sir, your most ...
... Plutarch just now told me, that it is in human life as in a game at tables, one may wish he had the highest cast, but if his chance be otherwise, he is even to play it as well as he can, and make the best of it. " I am, Sir, your most ...
Pagina 390
... Plutarch tells us of a heathen who was singing an hymn to Diana, m which he celebrated her for her delight in humai sacrifices, and other instances of cruelty and revenge; upon which . poet, who was present at this piece of devotion ...
... Plutarch tells us of a heathen who was singing an hymn to Diana, m which he celebrated her for her delight in humai sacrifices, and other instances of cruelty and revenge; upon which . poet, who was present at this piece of devotion ...
Pagina 405
... Plutarch, that " the person tits had but an ill education, who has not been taught to deny anything." This false kind of modesty has, perhaps, betrayed bath sexes into as many vices as the most abandoned impudence ; and is the more ...
... Plutarch, that " the person tits had but an ill education, who has not been taught to deny anything." This false kind of modesty has, perhaps, betrayed bath sexes into as many vices as the most abandoned impudence ; and is the more ...
Pagina 28
... Plutarch very often apply their judgments as impertinently is the old woman I have before mentioned, though their manner of relating them makes the folly itself appear venerable. Indeed, most historians, as well Christian as pagan, have ...
... Plutarch very often apply their judgments as impertinently is the old woman I have before mentioned, though their manner of relating them makes the folly itself appear venerable. Indeed, most historians, as well Christian as pagan, have ...
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