The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Volume 10Little, Brown, 1864 - English essays |
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... Plutus , the god of riches , and that he was just come out of the house of a miser . Plutus further told him , that , when he was a boy , he used to declare , that as soon as he came to age he would distribute wealth to none but ...
... Plutus , the god of riches , and that he was just come out of the house of a miser . Plutus further told him , that , when he was a boy , he used to declare , that as soon as he came to age he would distribute wealth to none but ...
Page 378
... Plutus to his sight ; and , in order to it , conveyed him to the temple of Esculapius , who was famous for cures and miracles of this nature . By this means the deity recovered his eyes , and began to make a right use of them , by ...
... Plutus to his sight ; and , in order to it , conveyed him to the temple of Esculapius , who was famous for cures and miracles of this nature . By this means the deity recovered his eyes , and began to make a right use of them , by ...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical Alexander Chalmers No preview available - 2016 |
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