Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Volym 21821 |
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... beneath which the severest uneasiness is concealed . Sardinia , " says Solinus , " produces a herb which has this ( 6 CVI . The greater part of the pillars which Se- EUTER PE . 7 nations; they have similar manners, and the same ...
... beneath which the severest uneasiness is concealed . Sardinia , " says Solinus , " produces a herb which has this ( 6 CVI . The greater part of the pillars which Se- EUTER PE . 7 nations; they have similar manners, and the same ...
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... produced a learned and elaborate work , to prove that the Trojan war never took place . This has of course led to a number of profound and critical investigations on the subject , in which the weight of argu- ment and evidence appears ...
... produced a learned and elaborate work , to prove that the Trojan war never took place . This has of course led to a number of profound and critical investigations on the subject , in which the weight of argu- ment and evidence appears ...
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... produced that of human sacrifice . - Lord Shaftesbury . Lord S. might , and would , if he had been honest , have . excepted the Jewish religion . That the custom of human sacrifice , alike cruel and absurd , gives way but very slowly to ...
... produced that of human sacrifice . - Lord Shaftesbury . Lord S. might , and would , if he had been honest , have . excepted the Jewish religion . That the custom of human sacrifice , alike cruel and absurd , gives way but very slowly to ...
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... . ] — The acts of mag- nificence which the courtesans of antiquity were enabled to accomplish from the produce of their charms , almost exceed VOL . II . E was constructed , the elevation of which on each side EUTERP E. 49.
... . ] — The acts of mag- nificence which the courtesans of antiquity were enabled to accomplish from the produce of their charms , almost exceed VOL . II . E was constructed , the elevation of which on each side EUTERP E. 49.
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... produced to the light : it was the request , they say , of the dying princess to her father , that she might once every year behold the sun . CXXXIII . Mycerinus , after the loss of his daughter , met with a second calamity ; an oracle ...
... produced to the light : it was the request , they say , of the dying princess to her father , that she might once every year behold the sun . CXXXIII . Mycerinus , after the loss of his daughter , met with a second calamity ; an oracle ...
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Sida 138 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Sida 337 - I am, and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children :" but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children...
Sida 436 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Sida 263 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Sida 32 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Sida 32 - Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
Sida 152 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...
Sida 5 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Sida 194 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does Man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless ; Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away; The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd ; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And Virtue,...
Sida 101 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.