Lays of ancient RomeD. Lothrop, 1884 - 252 Seiten |
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... doubt that the great Homeric poems are generically ballads , though widely distinguished from all other ballads , and indeed from almost all other human compositions , by tran- scendent sublimity and beauty . As it is agreeable to ...
... doubt that the great Homeric poems are generically ballads , though widely distinguished from all other ballads , and indeed from almost all other human compositions , by tran- scendent sublimity and beauty . As it is agreeable to ...
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... doubt whether the coincidence was not fortuitous . We constantly find the same rude and simple numbers in different countries , under circumstances which make it impossible to suspect that there has been imitation on either side ...
... doubt whether the coincidence was not fortuitous . We constantly find the same rude and simple numbers in different countries , under circumstances which make it impossible to suspect that there has been imitation on either side ...
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... doubt that the speaker on whom this duty was imposed would make use of all the stories suited to his purpose which were to be found in the popular lays . There can be as little doubt that the family of an eminent man would preserve a ...
... doubt that the speaker on whom this duty was imposed would make use of all the stories suited to his purpose which were to be found in the popular lays . There can be as little doubt that the family of an eminent man would preserve a ...
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... doubt , taken place in modern times . ' History , ' says Hume with the utmost gravity , ' has preserved some instances of Edgar's amours , from which , as from a specimen , we may form a conjecture of the rest . ' He then tells very ...
... doubt , taken place in modern times . ' History , ' says Hume with the utmost gravity , ' has preserved some instances of Edgar's amours , from which , as from a specimen , we may form a conjecture of the rest . ' He then tells very ...
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... the unlearned on a work of the imagination will always depend much more on the general character and spirit of such a work than on minute details . COCLES SW . COCLES HORATIUS . Sw HERE can be little doubt that PREFACE . 15.
... the unlearned on a work of the imagination will always depend much more on the general character and spirit of such a work than on minute details . COCLES SW . COCLES HORATIUS . Sw HERE can be little doubt that PREFACE . 15.
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Æbutius Alba Longa ancient Appius Claudius Appius Claudius Crassus array Aulus ballad-poetry ballads battle beneath Black Auster blood brave days bridge broadsword Caius chronicle Claudian Clusium Consul Curius Dionysius Ennius Fabian house Fabius false Sextus Fathers fierce fight foes Forum fought gown Greece Greek hand hath head helmet Henry of Navarre Herminius Horatius horse Hurrah Ides of Quintilis King Knights Lake Regillus Lars Porsena Latian name Latin Licinius lictors Livy Lord loud loves Lucius Lucius Sextius Mamilius Manius Curius Dentatus minstrels Nævius numbers o'er Patricians pilum Plebeians poem poet poetry Pontiff Posthumius Prince proud Punic purple Quintilis rode Roman Rome Romulus round rushed Second Punic War shield shout slain smile smote songs spake spears steed stood story strange sword Tarquin Terentianus Maurus thee thou thrice Tiber Titus to-day Tribunes triumph Tuscan Tusculum Twin Brethren unto Valerius verses VIRGINIA Volscian
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Seite 31 - They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night : And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie.
Seite 30 - Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Seite 92 - Coligni's hoary hair all dabbled with his blood; And we cried unto the living God, who rules the fate of war, To fight for his own holy name, and Henry of Navarre.
Seite 31 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank, But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Seite 91 - And thou, Rochelle, our own Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Seite 32 - And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din, And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within...
Seite 25 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Seite 30 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms Take thou in charge this day!" So he spake, and speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Seite 19 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Seite 27 - Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light, Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three. The Three stood calm and silent, And looked upon the foes, And a great shout of laughter From all the vanguard rose...