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Page 436
... Plutarch and Seneca , he says , formed him , and he preferred Plutarch of the two . " I draw from them , " are his words , " like the Danaides , filling and emptying , sans cesse . " He read no books so much as Plu- tarch's " Lives ...
... Plutarch and Seneca , he says , formed him , and he preferred Plutarch of the two . " I draw from them , " are his words , " like the Danaides , filling and emptying , sans cesse . " He read no books so much as Plu- tarch's " Lives ...
Page 440
... Plutarch " we into Plutarch's character , which in its kind- may safely pronounce to have been an arti- liness and humanity was akin to his own . cle of furniture in every decent British house- slang expressions , of Charles H.'s time ...
... Plutarch " we into Plutarch's character , which in its kind- may safely pronounce to have been an arti- liness and humanity was akin to his own . cle of furniture in every decent British house- slang expressions , of Charles H.'s time ...
Page 446
... Plutarch is the rep- tion ? Undoubtedly we are not always in a resentative of ideal biography , for he delin- position to test him . But in some cases we eates both in one . Even if a writer should are . We have , for example , as ...
... Plutarch is the rep- tion ? Undoubtedly we are not always in a resentative of ideal biography , for he delin- position to test him . But in some cases we eates both in one . Even if a writer should are . We have , for example , as ...
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