Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 19
... Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient ac- count of what manner of persons they were and what they did . We have the same national mind expressed for us again in their literature , in epic and lyric poems , drama , and philosophy ...
... Plutarch have given it ; a very sufficient ac- count of what manner of persons they were and what they did . We have the same national mind expressed for us again in their literature , in epic and lyric poems , drama , and philosophy ...
Page 84
... Plutarch's he- roes , three or four and twenty centuries ago . Not in time is the race progressive . Phocion , Socrates , Anaxagoras , Diogenes , are great men , but they leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be ...
... Plutarch's he- roes , three or four and twenty centuries ago . Not in time is the race progressive . Phocion , Socrates , Anaxagoras , Diogenes , are great men , but they leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be ...
Page 125
... Plutarch said . When we see a soul whose acts are all regal , graceful and pleasant as roses , we must thank God that such things can be and are , and not turn sourly on the angel and say ' Crump is a better man with his vexations nor ...
... Plutarch said . When we see a soul whose acts are all regal , graceful and pleasant as roses , we must thank God that such things can be and are , and not turn sourly on the angel and say ' Crump is a better man with his vexations nor ...
Page 127
... Plutarch said . When we see a soul whose acts are all regal , graceful and pleasant as roses , we must thank God that such things can be and are , and not turn sourly on the angel and say ' Crump is a better man with his Not less ...
... Plutarch said . When we see a soul whose acts are all regal , graceful and pleasant as roses , we must thank God that such things can be and are , and not turn sourly on the angel and say ' Crump is a better man with his Not less ...
Page 167
... Plutarch said , " enamelled in fire , " and make the study of midnight : - " Thou art not gone being gone , where'er thou art , Thou leav'st in him thy watchful eyes , in him thy loving heart . " In the noon and the afternoon of life we ...
... Plutarch said , " enamelled in fire , " and make the study of midnight : - " Thou art not gone being gone , where'er thou art , Thou leav'st in him thy watchful eyes , in him thy loving heart . " In the noon and the afternoon of life we ...
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