 It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories, but lives. And the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. Sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs...  Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men - الصفحة 474بواسطة Plutarch - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 787عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...representation of the countenance and the expression of the eyes, without troubling themselves about the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to look rather into the signs of a man's character, and thus give a portrait of his life, leaving others... | |
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...representation of the countenance and the expression of the eyes, without troubling themselves about the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to look rather into the signs of a man's character, and thus give a portrait of his life, leaving others... | |
 | 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 844
...the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men. Sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of their characters and...exact in the lines and features of the face, in which character is seen, than in the other parts of the body, so I must he allowed to give my more particular... | |
 | 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 564
...the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men ; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of their characters and...character is seen, than in the other parts of the body, eo I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks and indications of the souls... | |
 | Arthur Hugh Clough - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...in men; sometimes a trifling matter, an expression or a jest, gives a better insight into characters than the most famous sieges, the greatest armaments, or the bloodiest battles whatsoever. And thus as portrait-painters draw their BB 3 likenesses from the lines and features of the face, in... | |
 | Plutarch - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...men ; sometimes a trifling matter, an expression or a jest, gives a better insight into characters than the most famous sieges, the greatest armaments, or the bloodiest battles whatsoever. And thus as portrait-painters draw their likenesses from the lines and features of the face, in which... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...and the expression of the eyes, in which the character is seen, without troubling themselves about the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the signs and indications of tlie souls of men ; and while I endeavour by these means to portray their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 166
...likeness by a representation of the countenance and of the expression of the eyes, without troubling about the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to look rather into the signs of a man's character, and thus give a portrait of his life, leaving others... | |
 | John McClintock - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 1104
...representation of the countenance and the expression of the eyes, without troubling themselves about the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to look rather into the signs of a man's character, and thus give a portrait of his life, leaving others... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 528
...representation of the countenance and the expression of the eyes, without troubling themselves about the other parts of the body, so I must be allowed to look rather into the signs of a man's character, and thus give a portrait of his life, leaving others... | |
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