Social Life in Greece from Homer to MenanderMacmillan, 1874 - 495 strani |
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... Plutarch in chap . xvi . of his precious life of Solon . But his intimates more particularly depreciated him , because he thought ill of monarchy on account of its name , as if it did not forth- with become a kingship [ instead of a ...
... Plutarch in chap . xvi . of his precious life of Solon . But his intimates more particularly depreciated him , because he thought ill of monarchy on account of its name , as if it did not forth- with become a kingship [ instead of a ...
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... Plutarch , and other such later compilers , we have before us a considerable body of various literature , marked by several distinct features , and by certain contrasts to succeeding ages . It was an age of great hurry and prodigious ...
... Plutarch , and other such later compilers , we have before us a considerable body of various literature , marked by several distinct features , and by certain contrasts to succeeding ages . It was an age of great hurry and prodigious ...
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... Plutarch , that he used to discuss subtleties with Protagoras , and that they disputed for a whole day in the case of a fatal accident at an athletic contest , whether the dart which inflicted the wound , or the thrower , or the ...
... Plutarch , that he used to discuss subtleties with Protagoras , and that they disputed for a whole day in the case of a fatal accident at an athletic contest , whether the dart which inflicted the wound , or the thrower , or the ...
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... Plutarch's life that we find all the details about sculptors , and painters , and architects , and writers , which show how thoroughly the Athenian prime minister had combined the tyrant's patronage of literature with the political life ...
... Plutarch's life that we find all the details about sculptors , and painters , and architects , and writers , which show how thoroughly the Athenian prime minister had combined the tyrant's patronage of literature with the political life ...
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... Plutarch , the first in his life of Pericles , cap . 9 , where Aristotle gives a sketch of his policy very similar to that attributed to Caius Gracchus at Rome . The second is an indirect notice of equal value , in Plutarch's Nicias ...
... Plutarch , the first in his life of Pericles , cap . 9 , where Aristotle gives a sketch of his policy very similar to that attributed to Caius Gracchus at Rome . The second is an indirect notice of equal value , in Plutarch's Nicias ...
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Stran 17 - She handles her little marvel with that rare poetic discrimination which neither exhausts it of its simple wonders by pushing symbolism too far, nor keeps those wonders in the merely fabulous and capricious stage. In fact she has produced a true children's poem, which is far more delightful to the mature than to children, though it would be delightful to all.
Stran 15 - So choice, so perfect, and so refined, so tender in feeling, and so scholarly in expression, that we look with special interest to everything that he gives us.
Stran 13 - One quality in the piece, sufficient of itself to claim a moment's attention, is that it is unique— original, indeed, is not too strong a word — in the manner of its conception and execution.