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... Italian and French literature , translations from the classics form no small or unimportant part ; and if in our own language , accurate versions of many ancient authors be still wanting , the deficiency is owing , I conceive , to some ...
... Italian and French literature , translations from the classics form no small or unimportant part ; and if in our own language , accurate versions of many ancient authors be still wanting , the deficiency is owing , I conceive , to some ...
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... and Thuriæ ; it is situated in the Tarentine Gulf , in Italy , and almost upon the spot where formerly stood Sybaris , so infamous for effeminate manners . the place then colonized , it is more than probable HERODOTUS . 9.
... and Thuriæ ; it is situated in the Tarentine Gulf , in Italy , and almost upon the spot where formerly stood Sybaris , so infamous for effeminate manners . the place then colonized , it is more than probable HERODOTUS . 9.
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... Italian , and more than one in French . A curious old translation of the two first books , seemingly rendered from the French into English , was published in London by Marsh in 1584 . From this time none appeared in our language till ...
... Italian , and more than one in French . A curious old translation of the two first books , seemingly rendered from the French into English , was published in London by Marsh in 1584 . From this time none appeared in our language till ...
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... Italy had stooped from her throne to the arms of a subject : and Helmichis , the king's armour - bearer , was the secret minister of her plea- sure , and revenge . Against the proposal of the murder he could no longer urge the scruples ...
... Italy had stooped from her throne to the arms of a subject : and Helmichis , the king's armour - bearer , was the secret minister of her plea- sure , and revenge . Against the proposal of the murder he could no longer urge the scruples ...
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... Italy and Sicily . Having there acquired considerable wealth , he wished to return with it to Corinth : with this view , he em- barked at Tarentum in a Corinthian vessel , pre- ferring the mariners of that nation . As soon as they stood ...
... Italy and Sicily . Having there acquired considerable wealth , he wished to return with it to Corinth : with this view , he em- barked at Tarentum in a Corinthian vessel , pre- ferring the mariners of that nation . As soon as they stood ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 65 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
Página 254 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Página 196 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Página 356 - The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Página 361 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Página 259 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Página 138 - His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he heaven and earth defied Changed his hand and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood...
Página 359 - And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat : and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land...
Página 138 - And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, Soft pity to infuse; He sung Darius...
Página 423 - The art of medicine in Egypt is thus exercised: one physician is confined to one disease; there are of course a great number who practise this art; some attend to disorders of the eyes, others to those of the head; some take care of the teeth, others are conversant with all diseases of the bowels; whilst many attend to the cure of maladies which are less conspicuous.