Sketches of the History of Man, Volym 1Creech, 1778 |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 68
Sida 54
... Greeks are fickle , the Gauls flow of parts , all which diverfities are occafioned by the ' " climate . " ( 6 ( b ) Lib . 6. ver . 724 . " diftruftful . ❝ diftrustful . His courage prompts him to be faithful 54 Prel . Difc . Of MEN , and.
... Greeks are fickle , the Gauls flow of parts , all which diverfities are occafioned by the ' " climate . " ( 6 ( b ) Lib . 6. ver . 724 . " diftruftful . ❝ diftrustful . His courage prompts him to be faithful 54 Prel . Difc . Of MEN , and.
Sida 69
... might have been quoted from Greek and Roman writers : but truth has no occafion for artifice ; and I would not take advan- tage tage of celebrated names to vouch facts that appear incredible Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 69.
... might have been quoted from Greek and Roman writers : but truth has no occafion for artifice ; and I would not take advan- tage tage of celebrated names to vouch facts that appear incredible Prel . Difc . of LANGUAGES . 69.
Sida 70
... Greeks and Romans made an illuftrious figure in poetry , rhetoric , and all the fine arts ; but they were little better than no- vices in natural history . More than half of the globe was to them the Terra Auftra- lis incognita ; and ...
... Greeks and Romans made an illuftrious figure in poetry , rhetoric , and all the fine arts ; but they were little better than no- vices in natural history . More than half of the globe was to them the Terra Auftra- lis incognita ; and ...
Sida 71
... Greeks and Romans were at that time ex- tremely credulous , being lefs acquainted with neighbouring nations , than we are with the Antipodes . Varro , in his trea- tife De re ruftica , reports it as an undoubt- ed truth , that in ...
... Greeks and Romans were at that time ex- tremely credulous , being lefs acquainted with neighbouring nations , than we are with the Antipodes . Varro , in his trea- tife De re ruftica , reports it as an undoubt- ed truth , that in ...
Sida 88
... Greeks of old abstained from fish . Mene- laus ( a ) complains , that his companions had been reduced by hunger to that food ; and tho ' the Grecian camp at the fiege of Troy was on the fea - fhore , there is not in Homer a single hint ...
... Greeks of old abstained from fish . Mene- laus ( a ) complains , that his companions had been reduced by hunger to that food ; and tho ' the Grecian camp at the fiege of Troy was on the fea - fhore , there is not in Homer a single hint ...
Andra upplagor - Visa alla
Vanliga ord och fraser
Adonijah againſt alfo alſo animals arts bard becauſe Boaz caufe cauſe Cicero circumſtances cleannefs climate compofed compofitions courage difcovered Engliſh Euripides faid faid unto fame faſhion favages fays feems fenfe fent ferve feven fhall fhould fhow filk fingle fingular firft firſt flain flaves flouriſhed fmall fociety fome fongs foon fpecies ftate ftill ftyle fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior Galba genius gold and filver greateſt Greece Greek hath himſelf hiſtory Homer houſe Iliad induſtry inftance inhabitants iſland itſelf king labour language Laplanders laſt lefs leſs LORD manners meaſure moſt mufic muft muſt nations nature neceffary nefs neral never obfervation occafion paffion pafs Peleus perfection perfon Plautus pleaſure prefent progrefs puniſhment purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon refpect Roman Rome Scotland ſhall ſmall ſtate ſtill ſtrangers ſtudy tafte taſte thee thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thou tion uſeful Viriatus whofe writers
Populära avsnitt
Sida 4 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the Field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Sida 243 - And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
Sida 237 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
Sida 229 - And she said unto them : Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty : why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Sida 234 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto...
Sida 227 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Sida 209 - Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead. But, were they now to write, when critics weigh Each line, and...
Sida 235 - And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Sida 37 - If dying mortals' doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful night ; No parting souls to grisly Pluto go. Nor seek the dreary silent shades below ; But forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find...
Sida 227 - Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband.