Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Volumen31821 |
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... reader , when he is informed , that among a people rude and uncivilized as these Sarmatians are here described , the tender and effemi- nate Ovid was compelled to consume a long and melancholy exile . It was on the banks of the Danube ...
... reader , when he is informed , that among a people rude and uncivilized as these Sarmatians are here described , the tender and effemi- nate Ovid was compelled to consume a long and melancholy exile . It was on the banks of the Danube ...
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... reader . The subject , considered in a scientific point of view , is admirably discussed by Bryant . His chapter on the Amazons is too long to transcribe , and it would be injurious to mutilate it . Among barbarous nations , " says Mr ...
... reader . The subject , considered in a scientific point of view , is admirably discussed by Bryant . His chapter on the Amazons is too long to transcribe , and it would be injurious to mutilate it . Among barbarous nations , " says Mr ...
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... readers , but none surely will be displeased at being informed , where , if they think proper , they may compare what different authors have said upon the same subject . - T . engaged to prevail on them to quit their situa- tion 46 ...
... readers , but none surely will be displeased at being informed , where , if they think proper , they may compare what different authors have said upon the same subject . - T . engaged to prevail on them to quit their situa- tion 46 ...
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... sacred edifice . 149 The Furies . ] - With a view to the information and amusement of the English reader , I subjoin a few particulars concerning the Furies . They this succeeded to their wish . A circumstance similar to MELPOMENE . 47.
... sacred edifice . 149 The Furies . ] - With a view to the information and amusement of the English reader , I subjoin a few particulars concerning the Furies . They this succeeded to their wish . A circumstance similar to MELPOMENE . 47.
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... reader , that in Sir Thomas Brown's Vulgar Errors there is a chapter upon the subject of griffins , very curious and entertaining , p . 142. This author satisfactorily explains the Greek word гpv , or Gryps , to mean no more than a ...
... reader , that in Sir Thomas Brown's Vulgar Errors there is a chapter upon the subject of griffins , very curious and entertaining , p . 142. This author satisfactorily explains the Greek word гpv , or Gryps , to mean no more than a ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ægina Ægyptian afterwards Agathyrsi amongst ancient Apollo appeared Arcesilaus Argives Argos Aristagoras Ariston army arrived Artabanus Artaphernes Asia Athe Athenæus Athenians Athens attack Attica authority Barceans battle Battus betwixt called celebrated Chersonese Cleomenes Clisthenes command countrymen custom Cyrene Cyreneans Darius daughter death deity Delphi Demaratus endeavoured enemy engaged expedition fleet gold Grecian Greece Greeks Hellespont Herodotus Hippias Histiæus Homer honour horses hundred inhabitants Ionians island Jupiter king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land Lemnos Libya Marathon Mardonius master Medes Megabyzus ment mentioned Milesians Miletus Miltiades Minerva Nasamones nations nians observed occasion opinion oracle Pæonians particular passage passed Pausanias Persians Phoenicians Pisistratidæ Pisistratus Pliny Plutarch possessed prince Pythian reader remarkable Rennell reply retired river sacred Sardis says Larcher Scythians sent ships Sparta stadia Strabo Susa temple Thrace tion took tribes vessels victory Virgil whilst wives women word Xerxes
Pasajes populares
Página 475 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Página 356 - I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Página 357 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Página 99 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 115 - And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Página 311 - And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
Página 356 - This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth...
Página 101 - And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Página 121 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
Página 270 - We greet not here as man conversing man, Met at an oak, or journeying o'er a plain; No season now for calm familiar talk, Like youths and maidens in an evening walk; War is our business, but to whom is given To die or triumph, that determine Heaven!