Famous Men of Ancient TimesG.C. Rand, 1852 - 310 Seiten |
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Seite 269 - READING is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and; invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Seite 19 - ... any one been despoiled of his goods ? the little that I possess shall compensate the principal and the interest of the debt." " Yes," replied a voice from the crowd ; " I am entitled to three drachms of silver.
Seite 19 - Mussulman ? let him proclaim my faults in the face of the congregation. Has any one been despoiled of his goods? the little that I possess shall compensate the principal and the interest of the debt.
Seite 268 - As fables took their birth in the very infancy of learning, they never flourished more than when learning was at its greatest height. To justify this assertion, I shall put my reader in mind of Horace, the greatest wit and critic in the Augustan age ; and of Boileau, the most correct poet among the moderns; not to mention La Fontaine, who by this way of writing is come more into vogue than any other author of our times.
Seite 92 - Mantua me genuit : Calabri rapuere : tenet nunc Parthenope : cecini pascua, rura, duces.
Seite 268 - FABLES were the first pieces of wit that made their appearance in the world, and have been still highly valued not only in times of the greatest simplicity, but among the most polite ages of mankind.
Seite 290 - Hands dyed so deep with slaughter of my sons. So saying, he waken'd in his soul regret Of his own sire ; softly he plac'd his hand On Priam's hand, and push'd him gently away. Remembrance melted both. Stretch'd prone before Achilles...
Seite 16 - Mohammed the apostle of GOD, to Moseilama the liar. The earth is GOD'S: he giveth the same for inheritance unto such of his servants as he pleaseth ; and the happy issue shall attend those who fear him'.
Seite 268 - Rome,$ we see a mutiny among the common people appeased by a fable of the belly and the limbs, which was indeed very proper to gain the attention of an incensed rabble, at a time when perhaps they would have torn to pieces any man who had preached the same doctrine to them in an open and direct manner.
Seite 266 - ... upon it, and, in short, treated it as familiarly as they pleased. " But not contented with so insipid a king as this was, they sent their deputies to petition again for another sort of one ; for this they neither did nor could like. Upon that...