 | 1824
...society prevails. Three thousand years ago, a heathen poet could tell us, ' Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a Slave, takes half his worth away.' And this might be shewn to be the con. current testimony of all ages. "The enemies of Negro freedom,... | |
 | 1824
...society prevails. Three thousand years ago, a heathen poet could tell us, ' Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a Slave, takes half his worth away." And this might be shewn to be the concurrent testimony of all ages. "The enemies of Negro freedom,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1825 - 172 lehte
...disgraceful proceeding, beginning, " Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn." Wl * Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away. Pope's Homer. CHAP. V. Of the Britons, Plots, and Scots. ABOUT the year of the vulgar aera, 360, the... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1825 - 172 lehte
...disgraceful proceeding, beginning, " Mourn, hapless Caledonia, mourn." Eef.J * Jove fiVd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away. Pope's Homer. CHAP. V. Of the Britons, Picts, and Scots. AB OUT the year of the vulgar sra, 360, the... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826
...such a conception, must have a debasing tendency on the whole character: For, Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away. From sordid self shoot up no shining deeds, None of those ancient lights, that gladden earth, Give... | |
 | 1826
...such a conception, must have a debasing tendency on the whole character : For, Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.' pp. 421 — 3. In the chapter on principles of action, Dr. Dewar defines the will to be ' that power... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826
...conception, must have a debasing tendency on the whole character: For, ,^ • Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his Worth away. From sordid self shoot up no None of those ancient lights, that gladden earth, Give grace to being,... | |
 | Homerus - 1828
...master gone, the sen-ants what restrains ? Or dwells humanity where riot reigns? .love fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his...granted to behold His lord when twenty tedious years had roll d, Takes a last look, and having seen him, dies; So clos'd forever faithful Argus' eyes! And now,... | |
 | Arrian - 1831 - 314 lehte
...in his endeavour to reconcile with probability the age of the Homeric Argus, — Ody«ey, vs. 394. The dog whom fate had granted to behold His lord, when twenty tedious yean had roll'd, for the almost incredible case of a gravid bitch of the age of twenty-two yean. After... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 351 lehte
...become a courtier, was fitted only to burn incense at the shrine of power; for Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away." 311 CHAPTER XIX. HIGHER SPECIES OF POETRY — continued. The adjective Epic is derived from the Greek... | |
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