The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature, with biographical and explanatory notes, ed. by R. Garnett, L. Vallée, A. Brandl. Imperial ed, Volume 4Richard Garnett 1899 |
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Pagina 33
... asked that he would appear to her in all the splendor of his godhead , even as he visited Hera . Then Zeus , not of his will , but constrained by his oath , appeared to her amidst intolerable light and flashings of heaven's lightning ...
... asked that he would appear to her in all the splendor of his godhead , even as he visited Hera . Then Zeus , not of his will , but constrained by his oath , appeared to her amidst intolerable light and flashings of heaven's lightning ...
Pagina 48
... asked them next ( Wishing to see them more perplext ) Which of the two contending powers Was chiefly abused by this bard of ours ? For he said , " Such a bold , so profound an adviser By dint of abuse would render them wiser , More ...
... asked them next ( Wishing to see them more perplext ) Which of the two contending powers Was chiefly abused by this bard of ours ? For he said , " Such a bold , so profound an adviser By dint of abuse would render them wiser , More ...
Pagina 61
... asked him why philosophers infest rich men's houses , not rich men philosophers ' houses . Aristip- pus answered , " Because philosophers know what they need and rich men don't . " The same sneer being uttered at another time , he ...
... asked him why philosophers infest rich men's houses , not rich men philosophers ' houses . Aristip- pus answered , " Because philosophers know what they need and rich men don't . " The same sneer being uttered at another time , he ...
Pagina 62
... asked him what piety was . He made no answer ; and on being asked the reason for his silence , re- plied , " Because you are inquiring about things you have no concern with . " Being shown a temple where votive offerings were hung ...
... asked him what piety was . He made no answer ; and on being asked the reason for his silence , re- plied , " Because you are inquiring about things you have no concern with . " Being shown a temple where votive offerings were hung ...
Pagina 63
... Asked when people should marry , he said , " Young men , not yet ; old men , never . " Asked the best hour to dine , he answered , " If you are rich , when you like ; if you are poor , when you can . ” It being argued that there was no ...
... Asked when people should marry , he said , " Young men , not yet ; old men , never . " Asked the best hour to dine , he answered , " If you are rich , when you like ; if you are poor , when you can . ” It being argued that there was no ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 213 - 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...
Pagina xxx - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Pagina 216 - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Pagina xxxi - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Pagina 214 - With flying fingers touched the lyre: The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above, Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god; Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia...
Pagina 404 - Where fairer Tempes bloom, there sleep Young Cyclads on a sunnier deep. A loftier Argo cleaves the main, Fraught with a later prize ; Another Orpheus sings again. And loves, and weeps, and dies. A new Ulysses leaves once more Calypso for his native shore.
Pagina 404 - The world's great age begins anew, The golden years return, The earth doth like a snake renew Her winter weeds outworn: Heaven smiles, and faiths and empires gleam Like wrecks of a dissolving dream.
Pagina 100 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Pagina xv - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Pagina xiv - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.