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... comic poet , may be justly styled the literary age of Greece . I propose to dedicate some of these papers to a review of that period ; but as the earlier ages of poetry , though in general ob- scure , yet afford much interesting matter ...
... comic poet , may be justly styled the literary age of Greece . I propose to dedicate some of these papers to a review of that period ; but as the earlier ages of poetry , though in general ob- scure , yet afford much interesting matter ...
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... resemblance he bore to Pisistratus in elo- quence , as well as in features , was so striking , that he was universally called the Second Pisistratus , and the comic poets in their satirical allusions exhibited him on 70 OBSERVER .
... resemblance he bore to Pisistratus in elo- quence , as well as in features , was so striking , that he was universally called the Second Pisistratus , and the comic poets in their satirical allusions exhibited him on 70 OBSERVER .
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Lionel Thomas Berguer. the comic poets in their satirical allusions exhibited him on the stage by that name and character . Whilst these party struggles were in suspense , Pi- sistratus used an artifice for recommending himself to the ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer. the comic poets in their satirical allusions exhibited him on the stage by that name and character . Whilst these party struggles were in suspense , Pi- sistratus used an artifice for recommending himself to the ...
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... comic poet , an illustrious scene presents itself to our observation . Greece , with unbounded fertility of genius , sent a flood of com- positions into light , of which , although a few entire specimens have descended to posterity ...
... comic poet , an illustrious scene presents itself to our observation . Greece , with unbounded fertility of genius , sent a flood of com- positions into light , of which , although a few entire specimens have descended to posterity ...
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... comic depart- ment . Happily for the epic muse , the rage of igno- rance could not reach the immortal poems of Homer : what other compositions of that great bard may have been lost to the world , is but a dark inquiry at the best ; many ...
... comic depart- ment . Happily for the epic muse , the rage of igno- rance could not reach the immortal poems of Homer : what other compositions of that great bard may have been lost to the world , is but a dark inquiry at the best ; many ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amongst ancient archon Aristogiton Aristophanes Aristotle ascribed Athenæus Athenian Athens Attica Bacchus bard called celebrated character charge chorus citizens comedy comic poets composed contemporary Cratinus Cypriacs dances death decree deities divine Draco drama elegant Epicharmus Eschylus Eumolpus Eupolis Euripides fables father favour fragments genius give grammarians Grecian Greece Greek hand Harmodius Harmodius and Aristogiton heart Hesiod Hipparchus Hippias Homer honour Iliad Iliad and Odyssey illustrious Ionia king labour laws lived manner Megacles Menander ment merit moral Musæus muse nature NUMBER observed Olymp Olympiad oracles Orpheus passages period person philosopher Phrynichus Pisistratus Plato Plutarch poem poetry posterity praise Pratinas prince prize reader reign remains satire Satyrs says scene seems Sibyls Socrates Solon Sophocles speak spirit stage style Suidas supposed Susarion Thales Thamyris Thespis thing tion titles took tragedy tragic translation tyrant verses whilst writers wrote
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Seite 47 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Seite 112 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song ; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath, That wash thy hallow'd feet, and warbling flow, Nightly I visit...
Seite 234 - Oh woman ! lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ! Angels are painted fair to look like you : There's in you all, that we believe of" heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Seite 273 - Die when thou wilt. Mortal, expect another life on earth ; And for (hat life make choice of all creation What thou wilt be ; dog, sheep, goat, man, or horse ; For live again thou must; it is thy fate: Choose only in what form; there thou art free...
Seite 195 - Almost All the wise world is little else, in nature, But parasites or sub-parasites. And yet I mean not those that have your bare town-art...
Seite 185 - ... is an accident of fortune. MEL. No, marriage is rather like a game at bowls: fortune indeed makes the match, and the two nearest, and sometimes the two farthest, are together, but the game depends entirely upon judgment.
Seite 38 - ... have not been able to diminish. It has been the chief aim of all my attempts to reconcile and endear man to man: I love my country and contemporaries to a degree of enthusiasm that I am not sure is perfectly defensible, though to do them justice, each in their turns have taken some pains to cure me of my partiality.
Seite 48 - Eleusynians were defeated and despoiled of all they possessed, except the mysteries of Ceres abovementioned ; of these they were left in undisturbed enjoyment: their king Eumolpus was slain in battle; but Neptune, whose son he was, revenged his loss by striking his conqueror dead with his trident. Thus perished Erechthonius by immortal hands, if we take the authority of Euripides, the tragic poet, after he had reigned fifty years in Athens. In his time the people of Attica, heretofore called Cecropians,...
Seite 196 - Turn short as doth a swallow; and be here, And there, and here, and yonder, all at once; Present to any humour, all occasion; And change a visor, swifter than a thought! This is the creature had the art born with him; Toils not to learn it, but doth practise it Out of most excellent nature: and such sparks Are the true parasites, others but their zanis.
Seite 14 - ... his horse's feet, and lay the butt of his whip upon my scull? I think no man can bear that; so I pulled him out of the saddle and banged him well, and I think no good man, as you appear to be, will say otherwise than that he well deserved it. If this be so, answered the major, I can say nothing to the contrary. — How, sir, exclaimed the squire, who was now upon his legs, is a rascal like this to return blow for blow, and does Major Manlove abet him in such insolence ? — I am sorry, sir...