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... Plutarch just now told me that ' tis 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 ...
... Plutarch just now told me that ' tis 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 ...
Pagina 201
... Plutarch tells us of a heathen who was singing an hymn to Diana , in which he celebrated her for her delight in human sacrifices , and other instances of cruelty and revenge ; upon which a poet who was present at this piece of devotion ...
... Plutarch tells us of a heathen who was singing an hymn to Diana , in which he celebrated her for her delight in human sacrifices , and other instances of cruelty and revenge ; upon which a poet who was present at this piece of devotion ...
Pagina 337
... Plutarch 2 ascribes to Heraclitus , That all men whilst they are awake are in one common world ; but that each of them , when he is asleep , is in a world of his own . ' The waking man is conversant in the world of Nature , when he ...
... Plutarch 2 ascribes to Heraclitus , That all men whilst they are awake are in one common world ; but that each of them , when he is asleep , is in a world of his own . ' The waking man is conversant in the world of Nature , when he ...
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