The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism, Character and Incident, 6. köideJulian Hawthorne Hamilton Book Company, 1902 |
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... kind and value , I judge that small cities should not be compared with great , nor those which have been accustomed in all times to govern , with those who were accustomed to serve , nor those cities which are capable of preserving ...
... kind and value , I judge that small cities should not be compared with great , nor those which have been accustomed in all times to govern , with those who were accustomed to serve , nor those cities which are capable of preserving ...
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... kind of public proclama- tion , that they were to allow him his portion of their bribes : he swore by Athene ( whom it seems Phidias made for the use of Demosthenes in his vile trade of fraud and perjury ) , that if any man should utter ...
... kind of public proclama- tion , that they were to allow him his portion of their bribes : he swore by Athene ( whom it seems Phidias made for the use of Demosthenes in his vile trade of fraud and perjury ) , that if any man should utter ...
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... kind and tender man as e'er I knew . See ! how our Eunoa is pressed - push through- Well done ! all in - as the gay bridegroom cried , And turned the key upon himself and bride . [ They enter the temple . Gor . What rich , rare tapestry ...
... kind and tender man as e'er I knew . See ! how our Eunoa is pressed - push through- Well done ! all in - as the gay bridegroom cried , And turned the key upon himself and bride . [ They enter the temple . Gor . What rich , rare tapestry ...
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... kind of bath , washing in precious unguents , both warm and cold , drinking pearls of immense value dissolved in vinegar , and serving up for his guests loaves and other victuals modelled in gold . He built two ships with ten banks of ...
... kind of bath , washing in precious unguents , both warm and cold , drinking pearls of immense value dissolved in vinegar , and serving up for his guests loaves and other victuals modelled in gold . He built two ships with ten banks of ...
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... kind which he left behind him ; which , though very few , are far from being answerable to his other excellences . Few , however , as they THE PROCRYTERIAN HOS . MADISON AVN 271 NEW YORK are , they show that he liked jocularity , but ...
... kind which he left behind him ; which , though very few , are far from being answerable to his other excellences . Few , however , as they THE PROCRYTERIAN HOS . MADISON AVN 271 NEW YORK are , they show that he liked jocularity , but ...
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Page 318 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge ! revenge...
Page 314 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
Page 289 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 284 - Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Page 364 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 315 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Page 316 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 362 - And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie! " Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine...
Page 332 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Page 316 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung: Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...