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Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings, and Biographical Review, Vol. 6
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267296095
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Excerpt from Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings, and Biographical Review, Vol. 6: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men, in Every Age and Country; And Graphic Imitations of the Finest Specimens of the Arts, Ancient and Modern; With Remarks, Critical and Explanatory Plato, who refused it; at the same moment he gave a denial to an earnest request made by Aristippus, upon which the latter said, The king will not ruin himself he will only give to those who will receive nothing and shuts his hand to those who solicit his bounty. He endeavoured to justify his love for good cheer, women, and wine, by saying, That he derived all his tastes from nature, but was not the slave of them, and that if he preferred a purple cloak to a woollen robe, he knew how to wear the one as well as the other. He excused his avidity for money, by the facility with which he spent it. Some one being astonished at his giving sixty drachmas for a partridge, Would you not have given an obole for it? Said he, well, then, these sixty drachmas are no more to me than an obole is to you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review:
Author: The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings
Author: The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings, Or: Biographical Review, Containing
Author: The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings, Or, Biographical Review: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men, in Every Age and Country, Etc
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Author: The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings
Author: The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings
Author: Vernor Hood and SharpePublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9780461514117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; Or, Biographical Review, Containing a Brief Account of the Lives of the Most Celebrated Men in Every Age and Country, and Graphic Imitations of the Finest Specimens of the Arts, Ancient and Modern; With...;
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014498045
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Languages : en
Pages : 238
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