 There were not even to be found in all their country either sophists, wandering fortune-tellers, keepers of infamous houses, or dealers in gold and silver trinkets, because there was no money. Thus luxury, losing by degrees the means that cherished and...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 135by Plutarch - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Plutarchus - 1809 - 584 pages
...carried into Lacedaemon, but one never sees any of it brought out again." 49 3#. 6*. IQd. sterling. dealers in gold and silver trinkets, because there...no money. Thus luxury, losing by degrees the means by which it is cherished and supported, died away of itself: even they who had great possessions derived... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1812 - 690 pages
...country either sophists, wandering fortnne-tellers, keepers of infamous houses, or dealers in guld and silver trinkets, because there was no money. Thus...and supported it died away of itself. Even they who ¿..¡<l great possessions had no advantage from them, since they could not be displayed in public,... | |
 | Plutarch - Biography - 1813 - 550 pages
...temptations of avarice, see Naylor's spirited History of Helvetia. See also cot. ( " 3#. 5s. IQd. sterling. gold and silver trinkets, because there was no money. Thus luxury, losing by degrees the means by which it is cherished and supported, died away : even they who had great possessions derived no... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1821 - 358 pages
...harbours. There were not even to be found in all their country either sophists, wandering fortune tellers, keepers of infamous houses, or dealers in gold and...away of itself: even they who had great possessions, bad no advantage from them, since they codld not be displayed in public, but must lie useless, in unregarded... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1822 - 388 pages
...harbours. There were not even to be found in their whole country either sophists,wanderingfortune-tellers, keepers of infamous houses, or dealers in gold and...no money. Thus luxury, losing by degrees the means by which it is cherished andsupported, died away of itself: even they who had great possessions derived... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1828 - 468 pages
...any foreign or curious wares; nor did any merchant ship unlade in their harbours. There were not even to be found in all their country either sophists,...cherished and supported it, died away of itself. Even {hey who had great possessions had no advantage from them, since they could not be displayed in public,... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 446 pages
...any foreign or curious wares, nor did any merchant ship unlade in their harbours. There were not even to be found in all their country either sophists,...cherished and supported it, died away of itself; even those who possessed great riches had no advantage from them, since they could not be displayed in public,... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 444 pages
...any foreign or curious wares, nor did any merchant ship unlade in their harbours. There were not even to be found in all their country either sophists,...cherished and supported it, died away of itself; even those who possessed great riches had no advantage from them, since they could not be displayed in public,... | |
 | Plutarch - 2009 - 354 pages
...skip unlade in their harbours. There were not even to be found in all their country either sopMsfey, wandering^ fortune-tellers, keepers of infamous houses,...silver trinkets, because there was no money, THUS faxuiry, losing by degrees the means that cfcerishexf and; supported it, died away of itself. Even... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...was ridiculed and despised. And, as the result of this contrivance of our lawgiver, he states, that " luxury, losing by degrees the means that cherished and supported it, died away of itself : when even they who had great possessions had no advantage from them, since they could not be displayed... | |
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