Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, System of universal knowledge, Volumen 151851 |
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... Attica , the mighty mother of Poetry upon civilization , gave forth from her marble womb , a second birth of heroes stamped with the grandeur of their glorious parent . ' Thus did Homer in after ages invest with an imperishable reality ...
... Attica , the mighty mother of Poetry upon civilization , gave forth from her marble womb , a second birth of heroes stamped with the grandeur of their glorious parent . ' Thus did Homer in after ages invest with an imperishable reality ...
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... Attica , in search of her unhappy daughter Persephone ; while round the well his eye of faith could still discern the Eleusinian women singing hymns to the goddess and performing their chorus . These gracious evidences of his faith ...
... Attica , in search of her unhappy daughter Persephone ; while round the well his eye of faith could still discern the Eleusinian women singing hymns to the goddess and performing their chorus . These gracious evidences of his faith ...
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... Attica , and to witness the introduction of agriculture , of sound laws and of gentle manners , which followed the steps of that goddess ; to recognise the immortality of the soul , as typified by the concealment of corn sown in the ...
... Attica , and to witness the introduction of agriculture , of sound laws and of gentle manners , which followed the steps of that goddess ; to recognise the immortality of the soul , as typified by the concealment of corn sown in the ...
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... Attica , and in the struggle , perished by the hand of Hyllus . In this battle fell all the sons of Eurystheus , the inveterate task - master of Heraclēs . The Heracleida Heracleids now strove for a restoration to their native land ...
... Attica , and in the struggle , perished by the hand of Hyllus . In this battle fell all the sons of Eurystheus , the inveterate task - master of Heraclēs . The Heracleida Heracleids now strove for a restoration to their native land ...
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... Attica , both Theseus and the pilot were so overjoyed , that they forgot to hoist the appointed signal of safety , and Egeus , in consequence , overwhelmed with despair , cast himself down a precipice , and was dashed to pieces ...
... Attica , both Theseus and the pilot were so overjoyed , that they forgot to hoist the appointed signal of safety , and Egeus , in consequence , overwhelmed with despair , cast himself down a precipice , and was dashed to pieces ...
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Página 155 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Página 477 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Página 445 - For those purposes they think some part of the wealth of the country is as usefully employed, as it can be in fomenting the luxury of individuals. It is the public ornament. It is the public consolation. It nourishes the public hope. The poorest man finds his own importance and dignity in it...
Página 375 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Página 116 - De'iphobus in the under-world — if we are asked whether there was not really some such historical Trojan war as this, our answer must be, that as the possibility of it cannot be denied, so neither can the reality of it be affirmed.
Página 113 - Then shalt thou mourn the' affront thy madness gave, Forced to deplore, when impotent to save : Then rage in bitterness of soul, to know This act has made the bravest Greek thy foe.?
Página 148 - Spartan children were not in that manner, under tutors purchased or hired with money, nor were the parents at liberty to educate them as they pleased : but as soon as they were seven years old, Lycurgus ordered them to be enrolled in companies, where they were all kept under the same order and discipline, and had their exercises and recreations in common.
Página 365 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Página 375 - Fill the wide circle of the eternal year : Stern winter smiles on that auspicious clime : The fields are florid with unfading prime ; From the bleak pole no winds inclement blow, Mould the round hail, or flake the fleecy snow ; But from the breezy deep the blest inhale The fragrant murmurs of the western gale.
Página 34 - The sire of gods and all the ethereal train, On the warm limits of the farthest main, Now mix with mortals, nor disdain to grace The feasts of Ethiopia's blameless race ; Twelve days the powers indulge the genial rite, Returning with the twelfth revolving light. Then will I mount the brazen dome, and move 560 The high tribunal of immortal Jove.