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A67917 The Apophthegmes of the ancients taken out of Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, Elian, Atheneus, Stobeus, Macrobius and others : collected into one volume for the benefit and pleasure of the ingenious. Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.; Plutarch. Selections. English.; Diogenes Laertius. 1683 (1683) Wing P2631; ESTC R2992 164,305 346

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