 ... those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore ; and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing saviour, saves and delivers us.  T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex - Page 289by Titus Lucretius Carus - 1884 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Plato - Philosophy - 1871 - 684 pages
...path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies...mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destructions than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore. And from this calamity the Nile, who... | |
 | Plato - 1874 - 626 pages
...path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies...mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destructions than those who dwell by rivers or on the sea-shore. And from this calamity the Nile, who... | |
 | Plato - Philosophers, Ancient - 1875 - 730 pages
...earth, and a great conflagration of things upon the earth recurring after long intervals ; at such times those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destructions than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore. And from this calamity the Nile, who... | |
 | Titus Lucretius Carus - 1884 - 486 pages
...of the story see Keightley's ' Mythology.' Lambinus compares Plato's interpretation Tim. 22 с : ' Now this has the form of a myth, but really signifies...man with lightning ; " in Aen. 7, 770 and Ov. Met. 1, 154 tum pater omnipotent is used in a similar manner. 400. magnanimum : Ovid applies this epithet... | |
 | William J. Cassidy - Creation - 1887 - 392 pages
...the bodies moving around the earth and in the heavens, and a great conflagration of things upon tke earth recurring at Long intervals of time : when this...liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the sea shore ; and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing saviour, saves and... | |
 | Plato - 1892 - 796 pages
...and a great conflagration of things upon the earth, which recurs after long intervals ; at such times those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty...liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore. And from this calamity the Nile, who is our neverfailing saviour, delivers and... | |
 | George Edward Weare - America - 1897 - 392 pages
...path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies...liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore ; and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing saviour, saves and delivers... | |
 | George Edward Weare - America - 1897 - 426 pages
...himself destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies a declmation of the bodies moving around the earth and in the heavens,...liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore ; and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing saviour, saves and delivers... | |
 | Orlando P. Schmidt - Egypt - 1899 - 580 pages
...path of his father, burnt all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies...liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore; and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing 'saviour,' saves and... | |
 | Plato - 1899 - 634 pages
...and a great conflagration of things upon the earth recurring at long intervals of time ; when ihis happens, those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destructions than those who dwell by rivers or on the sea-shore. And from this calamity the Nile, who... | |
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