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Common terms and phrasesadmire advantage aes grave afterwards Anaxagoras ancient animals answer appear Aristippus Aristotle arms army asked beasts beautiful better body Boethius Caesar called Carthaginians Cicero citizens consider consul Cremera danger death decemvirs delight Demaratus denarius desire earth effect eloquence endeavoured enemy enjoy Etruscans Eurybiades evil eyes Fabii father favour fear fortress fortune friends friendship give glory gods greater greatest Greeks hand happy hath honour hope horse human inhabitants judges kind king labour learning live Livy manner matter means mind nature never noble observed opinion orator passed passion person philosophy Phocion Plato pleasure possessed prince reason received religion rich Romans Rome Scythians senate Servius Tullius sesterces Socrates soldiers speak temple Themistocles things thou thought thousand tion tribunes true truth twelve tables Veientes virtue whole wisdom wise Popular passagesPage 312 - God grant mine eyes may never behold the like, who now saw above 10,000 houses all in one flame ! The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children, the hurry of people, the fall of towers, houses, and churches... Page 15 - In the youth of a state, arms do flourish; in the middle age of a state, learning; and then both of them together for a time; in the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise. Page 311 - Church, to which the scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it; so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about 20 like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them... Page 212 - Reduce things to the first institution, and observe wherein and how they have degenerated; but yet ask counsel of both times ; of the ancient time what is best; and of the latter time what is fittest. Page 114 - And yet, (said I) people go through the world very well, and carry on the business of life to good advantage, without learning." JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use; for instance, this boy rows us as well without learning, as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts, who were the first sailors." He then called to the boy, "What would you give, my lad, to know about the Argonauts?" "Sir, (said the boy,) 1 would give what I have. Page 368 - ... makes all reform of our Eastern government appear officious and disgusting, and, on the whole, a most discouraging attempt. In such an attempt you hurt those who are able to return kindness or to resent injury. If you succeed, you save those who cannot so much as give you thanks. Page 64 - Only the poet, disdaining to be tied to any such subjection, lifted up with the vigour of his own invention, doth grow in effect into another nature, in making things either better than Nature bringeth forth, or, quite anew - forms such as never were in Nature, as the Heroes, Demigods, Cyclops, Chimeras, Furies, and such like; so as he goeth hand in hand with Nature, not enclosed within the narrow warrant of her gifts, but freely ranging only within the zodiac of his own wit. Page 197 - ... and gives it new strength, as if it grew lustier by the going back. As we see in the contention of leaping, they jump farthest that fetch their race largest : or, as in throwing a dart or javelin, we force back our arms to make our loose the stronger. Page 68 - For it is a philosophy which never rests, which has never attained, which is never perfect. Its law is progress. A point which yesterday was invisible is its goal to-day, and will be its starting-post to-morrow. Page 278 - Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honours, then to retire. Bibliographic information
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