The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Volume 16Avil Printing Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 17
... poems he gained the favor of Nero , against whom he appeared as a rival in a literary contest and won the prize ... poem Pharsalia , the subject of which is the civil war between Pompey and Cæsar , the issue of which was decided by ...
... poems he gained the favor of Nero , against whom he appeared as a rival in a literary contest and won the prize ... poem Pharsalia , the subject of which is the civil war between Pompey and Cæsar , the issue of which was decided by ...
Pagina 23
... poem De Rerum Naturâ , “ On the Nature of Things . " This poem , which is in six books , containing in all about 7,500 lines , is ad- dressed to his friend , C. Memmius Gemellus , prætor in 58 B.C. Its aim is to set forth and eluci date ...
... poem De Rerum Naturâ , “ On the Nature of Things . " This poem , which is in six books , containing in all about 7,500 lines , is ad- dressed to his friend , C. Memmius Gemellus , prætor in 58 B.C. Its aim is to set forth and eluci date ...
Pagina 24
... out of existence . That part of this teaching which relates to the banefulness of religion appears in the magnificent tribute to Epicurus , in the First Book of the poems . EPICURUS AND RELIGION . When human life , a shame 24 LUCRETIUS.
... out of existence . That part of this teaching which relates to the banefulness of religion appears in the magnificent tribute to Epicurus , in the First Book of the poems . EPICURUS AND RELIGION . When human life , a shame 24 LUCRETIUS.
Pagina 32
... poem Lucretius had laid it down that this universe is but one of in- numerable universes which have arisen by neces- sity , and , as whatever has had a beginning must have an end , will by necessity one day perish , be resolved into ...
... poem Lucretius had laid it down that this universe is but one of in- numerable universes which have arisen by neces- sity , and , as whatever has had a beginning must have an end , will by necessity one day perish , be resolved into ...
Pagina 33
... poem , we are told , " has by universal con- sent been recognized as the greatest of didactic poems , " and Elizabeth Barrett Browning says of Lucretius that " he died first poet upon Tiber's side . " Mr. W. H. Mallock - from whose ...
... poem , we are told , " has by universal con- sent been recognized as the greatest of didactic poems , " and Elizabeth Barrett Browning says of Lucretius that " he died first poet upon Tiber's side . " Mr. W. H. Mallock - from whose ...
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Pagina 466 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Pagina 55 - What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
Pagina 167 - Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience...
Pagina 244 - Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold; A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my love.
Pagina 460 - Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Pagina 244 - THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE COME live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dales and fields, Or woods or steepy mountain yields.
Pagina 100 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now, upon them with the lance ! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Pagina 182 - I've heard bells tolling Old Adrian's Mole in, Their thunder rolling From the Vatican, And cymbals glorious Swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets Of Notre Dame ; But thy sounds were sweeter Than the dome of Peter Flings o'er the Tiber, Pealing solemnly. O, the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee.
Pagina 99 - Hurrah! The foes are moving. Hark to the mingled din, Of fife, and steed, and trump, and drum, and roaring culverin.
Pagina 187 - Peile was a member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India, and represented the Indian Secretary on the Royal Commission (Welby's) on Indian expenditure.