The Hellenes: The History of the Manners of the Ancient Greeks, Volumes 1-3R. Bentley, 1844 - Greece |
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... beauty , that , at least , is the only thing which exceeds our power . In saying this , I merely state my opinion of what is possible , not by any means what I con- ceive myself to have effected in the present work . I am but too ...
... beauty , that , at least , is the only thing which exceeds our power . In saying this , I merely state my opinion of what is possible , not by any means what I con- ceive myself to have effected in the present work . I am but too ...
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... beauty of human character , and are alone the parents of love . Few , perhaps , were all things within their reach , would choose to be citizens of Sparta ; while no one , for whom the poetry of life has any charms , would hesitate ...
... beauty of human character , and are alone the parents of love . Few , perhaps , were all things within their reach , would choose to be citizens of Sparta ; while no one , for whom the poetry of life has any charms , would hesitate ...
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... beauty of which the human body is susceptible , uniting strength with lightness , dignity and elegance with activity , the utmost robustness of health with extreme delicacy of contour , the muscles developed by exercise , and developed ...
... beauty of which the human body is susceptible , uniting strength with lightness , dignity and elegance with activity , the utmost robustness of health with extreme delicacy of contour , the muscles developed by exercise , and developed ...
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... beauty of infancy to the beauty of old age , inspiring the mingled feelings of love and admiration ; and notwithstanding the effects of time , and inter - marriage with barbarous races , the same is the case still . For nowhere in ...
... beauty of infancy to the beauty of old age , inspiring the mingled feelings of love and admiration ; and notwithstanding the effects of time , and inter - marriage with barbarous races , the same is the case still . For nowhere in ...
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... beauty , have ripened most kindly . 3 To proceed , however , with an outline of the country : along the shores , more especially towards the west , rugged cliffs of great elevation impend over the deep , and in stormy weather present an ...
... beauty , have ripened most kindly . 3 To proceed , however , with an outline of the country : along the shores , more especially towards the west , rugged cliffs of great elevation impend over the deep , and in stormy weather present an ...
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Page 315 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 411 - My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, that function Is smothered in surmise ; and nothing is, But what is not.
Page 315 - ... were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It...
Page 414 - But he that is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Page 216 - And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey ? and what is stronger than a lion...
Page 404 - As when about the silver moon, when air is free from wind, And stars shine clear, to whose sweet beams, high prospects, and the brows Of all steep hills and pinnacles, thrust up themselves for shows. And even the lowly valleys joy to glitter in their sight, When the unmeasured firmament bursts to disclose her light, And all the signs in heaven are seen, that glad the shepherd's heart...
Page 293 - And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
Page 157 - prentice to a brewer, Where this and more it did endure, But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. In th...
Page 400 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 414 - He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.