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... Lives they praised for recommending and teaching virtue.28 Plutarch wanted to exemplify private virtue in great men and distinguished his work from history : It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories , but lives ...
... Lives they praised for recommending and teaching virtue.28 Plutarch wanted to exemplify private virtue in great men and distinguished his work from history : It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories , but lives ...
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... Lives , and some of these appear in his fiction in revised form . Plutarch's account of Alexander's refusal to drink water in front of his thirsty men was transformed into an example of Charles XII's toughness and wisdom in History of ...
... Lives , and some of these appear in his fiction in revised form . Plutarch's account of Alexander's refusal to drink water in front of his thirsty men was transformed into an example of Charles XII's toughness and wisdom in History of ...
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... Lives and Letters , p . 32 . 17. Low is the subject of one of Defoe's lives in The General History of the ... Pyrates . A cruel bully in this collection , Low is eventually marooned by his men and hanged . For a discussion of Defoe's ...
... Lives and Letters , p . 32 . 17. Low is the subject of one of Defoe's lives in The General History of the ... Pyrates . A cruel bully in this collection , Low is eventually marooned by his men and hanged . For a discussion of Defoe's ...
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