 | Plutarch - Greece - 1795 - 452 pages
...his virtues. To thefe they gave the names of fuch vices as are fuppofed in fome degree to refemble them. His gravity of manners they called pride ; his...fpeech, infolence; his declining to join in their licenttoufnefs, contempt. It is true, there was a natural haughtinefs in his deportment; deportment... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1799 - 390 pages
...to ftrip him of his virtues ; to which they gave the name of thofe vices as are fuppofed to refemble them. His gravity of manners they called pride ; his...that it is not to be wondered if he found no ready admiffion to the ears of a young king already fpoiled by flattery. Willing to impute the irregularities... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Loneliness - 1805 - 394 pages
...to ftrip him of his virtues ; to which they gave the name of thofe vices as are fuppofed to refemble them. His gravity of manners they called pride ; his...licentioufnefs, contempt. It is true there was a natural haiightinefs in his deportment, and an afperity that was unfociable, and difficult of accefs ; fo that... | |
 | Plutarch - 1808 - 322 pages
...his virtues. To thefe they gave the names of fuch vices as are fuppofed in fome degree to refemble them. His gravity of manners they called pride ; his...fpeech, infolence ; his declining to join in their liccntioufnefs, contempt. It is true, there was a natural haughtinefs in his deportment, and an afperity... | |
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... to refemble them. His gravity of manners they called pride ; his freedom of fpeech, infolence ; his declining to join in their licentioufnefs, contempt. It is true there was a natural haughtinefs in his deportment, and an afperity that was unfociable,... 