The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 153
... Plutarch , in his essay On the Fortune of Alex- ander , considers the invasion and conquest of the East by Alexander as one of the most bright and pleasing pages in history ; and it must be owned he gives sound reason for his opinion ...
... Plutarch , in his essay On the Fortune of Alex- ander , considers the invasion and conquest of the East by Alexander as one of the most bright and pleasing pages in history ; and it must be owned he gives sound reason for his opinion ...
Page 285
... Plutarch's lives of Alexander and Pericles , you have the secret whispers of their confidence to their lovers and trusty friends , For it was each report of this kind that impressed those to whom it was told in a manner to secure its ...
... Plutarch's lives of Alexander and Pericles , you have the secret whispers of their confidence to their lovers and trusty friends , For it was each report of this kind that impressed those to whom it was told in a manner to secure its ...
Page 328
... Could Nature's equal scheme deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race , • And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face . " LOWELL , Commemoration Ode . ABRAHAM LINCOLN WE meet under the gloom of a calamity.
... Could Nature's equal scheme deface ; Here was a type of the true elder race , • And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face . " LOWELL , Commemoration Ode . ABRAHAM LINCOLN WE meet under the gloom of a calamity.
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... . counsellor of Pyrrhus , Plutarch tells that Cineas , the wise king of the Epirots , asked his monarch when he set forth to conquer Rome what he should do after- wards Pyrrhus said he could then become master of Sicily 622 NOTES.
... . counsellor of Pyrrhus , Plutarch tells that Cineas , the wise king of the Epirots , asked his monarch when he set forth to conquer Rome what he should do after- wards Pyrrhus said he could then become master of Sicily 622 NOTES.
Page 635
... Plutarch and Homer . The man lives to other objects , but who dare affirm that they are more real ?? ' In the essay " Aristocracy , " he names among the claims of a superior class , " Genius , the power to affect the Imagination , " and ...
... Plutarch and Homer . The man lives to other objects , but who dare affirm that they are more real ?? ' In the essay " Aristocracy , " he names among the claims of a superior class , " Genius , the power to affect the Imagination , " and ...
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