Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 Seiten |
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... fortune , straightway look for speedy vengeance against - him ( gen . ) ; for he is raised up the more that he may fall ( 2 aor . ) the more . Neither let there be a success so great 130 that it shall elate thee out of bounds , to be ...
... fortune , straightway look for speedy vengeance against - him ( gen . ) ; for he is raised up the more that he may fall ( 2 aor . ) the more . Neither let there be a success so great 130 that it shall elate thee out of bounds , to be ...
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... fortune . Not golden ornaments ( rà xpvoía ) , but conduct ( ó rpóños ) , is an honour to a woman . A righteous woman is the salvation of one's life : but it is not easy to meet with ( étituɣeîv ) a good woman . Wife it is better to ...
... fortune . Not golden ornaments ( rà xpvoía ) , but conduct ( ó rpóños ) , is an honour to a woman . A righteous woman is the salvation of one's life : but it is not easy to meet with ( étituɣeîv ) a good woman . Wife it is better to ...
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... fortune , thou wilt- receive - of - her much . It must be ( de ) , that some be fortunate indeed , but some unfortunate . Having done just things , thou wilt have the gods helpers ( σύμμαχος ) . There is not another evil more fearful ...
... fortune , thou wilt- receive - of - her much . It must be ( de ) , that some be fortunate indeed , but some unfortunate . Having done just things , thou wilt have the gods helpers ( σύμμαχος ) . There is not another evil more fearful ...
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... fortune : for thou shalt live not at all as thou wishest , but as thou canst . Emulate ( nova ) the good and the discreet man . Death is more eligible ( aiperòs ) than wicked life . 160 The jealousy ( nλòs ) of a woman fires ( Tuρπоλeîv ) ...
... fortune : for thou shalt live not at all as thou wishest , but as thou canst . Emulate ( nova ) the good and the discreet man . Death is more eligible ( aiperòs ) than wicked life . 160 The jealousy ( nλòs ) of a woman fires ( Tuρπоλeîv ) ...
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... fortune stands - not - by the indolent ( apyos ) . Being born mortals , exalt not yourselves above the gods . Court ( depaneva ) the powerful ( sing . ) , if at all thou hast prudence . It is a fearful thing to fight against God and fortune ...
... fortune stands - not - by the indolent ( apyos ) . Being born mortals , exalt not yourselves above the gods . Court ( depaneva ) the powerful ( sing . ) , if at all thou hast prudence . It is a fearful thing to fight against God and fortune ...
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 102 - For, by the sacred radiance of the sun ; The mysteries of Hecate, and the night ; By all the operations of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood. And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee, from this, for ever...
Seite 113 - Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle— this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed: Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
Seite 99 - Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should...
Seite 99 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Seite 106 - Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir; Give me a gash, put me to present pain; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me, O'erbear the shores of my mortality, And drown me with great sweetness.
Seite 115 - A whirlwind rose, that, with a violent blast, Shook all the dome : the doors around me clapt ; The iron wicket, that defends the vault, Where the long race of Ptolemies is laid, Burst open, and disclosed the mighty dead. From out each monument, in order placed, An armed ghost starts up: the boy-king last Reared his inglorious head. A peal of groans Then followed, and a lamentable voice Cried, Egypt is no more...
Seite 108 - Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips, Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes, I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience...
Seite 102 - The barbarous Scythian, Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd, pitied, and relieved, As thou my sometime daughter.
Seite 99 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way. Thou would'st be great; Art not without ambition; but without The illness should attend it. What thou would'st highly, That...