 | American literature - 1808 - 356 pages
...created ; and was insensibly changed to a worse, as men grew depraved. Hence the poetical descriptions of the golden age, the silver age, the brazen age, and the iron age ; which last is always supposed to be the present age. Peace gives the human faculties liberty to expand... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1810 - 276 pages
...it insensibly changed into a worse as men grew wicked and depraved : hence the poetical fictions of the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Brazen Age, and the Iron Age ; which last always means the present age. Peace on earth was thebenediction announced by the angels... | |
 | Taylor - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1850 - 116 pages
...they were called Evangelists, the term signifying a ' bringer of good tidings.' 4 AGES OF THE WORLD. The Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Brazen Age, and the Iron Age. 9 4 STAGES OF LIFE. Infancy, Youth, Manhood and Old Age. 4 DIALECTS SPOKEN IN GREECE. The Attic Dialect,... | |
 | Peter Bullions - Latin language - 1854 - 370 pages
...before, 905. VIL DIFFERENT AGES OF ROMAN LITERATURE. 910. — Of the Roman literature, previous to A. XT, 514, scarcely a vestige remains. The Roman writers,...which they lived. These are called the Golden age, tie Silver age, the £razen age, and the Iron age. 911. — The Golden age extends from the time of... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1855 - 360 pages
...prefix, prejudice, predetermine." Some men distinguish the period of the world into four ages ; viz., the golden age, the silver age, the brazen age, and the iron age. Logicians say that the operations of the mind are three ; namely, 1. Simple apprehension ; 2. Judgment... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1856 - 188 pages
..."prefix, prejudice, predetermine." Some men distinguish the period of the world into four ages ; viz., the golden age, the silver age, the brazen age, and the iron age. Logicians say that the operations of the mind are three ; namely, 1. Simple apprehension; 2. Judgment;... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 360 pages
...prefix, prejudice, predetermine." Some men distinguish the period of the world into four ages ; viz., the golden age, the silver age, the brazen age, and the iron age. Logicians say that the operations of the mind are three; namely, 1. Simple apprehension; 2. Judgment;... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 pages
...prefix, prejudice, predetermine." Some men distinguish the period of the world into four ages; viz., the golden age, the silver age, the brazen age, and the iron age. Logicians say that the operations of the mind are three; namely, 1. Simple apprehension; 2. Judgment;... | |
 | Peter Bullions - Latin language - 1862 - 384 pages
...905. VIL DIFFERENT AGES OF ROMAN LITERATURE. 910. — Of the Roman literature, previous to A. U, 614, scarcely a vestige remains. The Roman writers, subsequent...the time in which they lived. These are called the widen age, the Silver age, the Brazen age, and the Iron age. 911. — The Golden age extends from the... | |
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Greeks thought there had been four ages — the Golden age, the Silver age, the Brazen age, and the Iron age — and that people had been getting worse in each of them. 
