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... persons are as heroic as virtue is . In Aeneas we find the utmost of piety , in Achilles of military courage , in Ulysses of prudence . And if the tragic and epic poets sometimes choose the same person as subject , they regard him ...
... persons are as heroic as virtue is . In Aeneas we find the utmost of piety , in Achilles of military courage , in Ulysses of prudence . And if the tragic and epic poets sometimes choose the same person as subject , they regard him ...
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... person in verbs and nouns ; it is found in both : with nouns we say of this and to this , or else man and men ; with verbs we say walks and walked , both of which inflect I walk , the first person present . The utterance is a sound , or ...
... person in verbs and nouns ; it is found in both : with nouns we say of this and to this , or else man and men ; with verbs we say walks and walked , both of which inflect I walk , the first person present . The utterance is a sound , or ...
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... person , but in the person of the deceased sound more solemn and illustrious , as Plato showed in his funeral oration.3 I 2 3 In the Menexenus . Di costor piange quella gentil donna che t'ha chiamato accioché da lei sterpi le male ...
... person , but in the person of the deceased sound more solemn and illustrious , as Plato showed in his funeral oration.3 I 2 3 In the Menexenus . Di costor piange quella gentil donna che t'ha chiamato accioché da lei sterpi le male ...
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