Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, 1. köideWilliam Bell, 1802 |
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... Plautus and Terence wrote comedies . Lucilius compofed fatires , twentieth article , and continues fo to this day . A forgery fo impu- dent would not pafs at prefent ; and its fuccefs fhows great ignorance in the people of England at ...
... Plautus and Terence wrote comedies . Lucilius compofed fatires , twentieth article , and continues fo to this day . A forgery fo impu- dent would not pafs at prefent ; and its fuccefs fhows great ignorance in the people of England at ...
Page 127
... Plautus , who wrote about a century later , Plautus was a writer of genius ; and it may be reasonab ly fuppofed that his copies did not fall much ' fhort of the originals , at least in matters that can be faithfully co- pied ; and he ...
... Plautus , who wrote about a century later , Plautus was a writer of genius ; and it may be reasonab ly fuppofed that his copies did not fall much ' fhort of the originals , at least in matters that can be faithfully co- pied ; and he ...
Page 128
... Plautus wrote . His wit confists al- moft entirely in a play of words , an eternal jingle , words brought together that have nearly the fame found , with different meanings , and words of different founds that - have the fame meaning ...
... Plautus wrote . His wit confists al- moft entirely in a play of words , an eternal jingle , words brought together that have nearly the fame found , with different meanings , and words of different founds that - have the fame meaning ...
Page 129
... Plautus and Terence , like the Italian comedy , to a very few characters ? Nothing is more evident than the fuperiority of Te- rence above Plautus in the art of writing ; and confider- ing that Terence is a later writer , nothing would ...
... Plautus and Terence , like the Italian comedy , to a very few characters ? Nothing is more evident than the fuperiority of Te- rence above Plautus in the art of writing ; and confider- ing that Terence is a later writer , nothing would ...
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... Plautus , whofe compofitions are abundantly rude , tho ' much ad- mired by his cotemporaries , being the best that exifted at that time . The exalted spirit of the Romans hurried them on to the grand and beautiful ; and literary produc ...
... Plautus , whofe compofitions are abundantly rude , tho ' much ad- mired by his cotemporaries , being the best that exifted at that time . The exalted spirit of the Romans hurried them on to the grand and beautiful ; and literary produc ...
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Page 111 - Elimelech's: and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Page 112 - And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
Page 107 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Page 110 - ... howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well, let him do the kinsman's part; but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
Page 109 - Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Page 108 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 111 - I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
Page 114 - And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Page 112 - Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne...
Page 84 - England, the capital punimmentfor murder was remitted if the criminal could but read, which in law language is termed benefit of clergy.