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... Thucydides exhibits a subsequent scene in what may perhaps be termed the same great drama , when the west , trium- phant over the east , is rent asunder by internal dis- sensions , and the power which had twice rolled back the invading ...
... Thucydides exhibits a subsequent scene in what may perhaps be termed the same great drama , when the west , trium- phant over the east , is rent asunder by internal dis- sensions , and the power which had twice rolled back the invading ...
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... Thucydides was made to teach , not Greek syntax merely , but some great lesson in moral and social phi- losophy . And hence , too , the fond enthusiasm with which he would cling to the stories of Cleobis and Bito , of Cræsus and Solon ...
... Thucydides was made to teach , not Greek syntax merely , but some great lesson in moral and social phi- losophy . And hence , too , the fond enthusiasm with which he would cling to the stories of Cleobis and Bito , of Cræsus and Solon ...
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... Thucydides and Herodotus and Xenophon and Aristotle repair , to obtain that mastery over their mother tongue , which has rendered their names immortal ? Of whom did Cicero and Cæsar and Virgil and Ovid take their first lessons in that ...
... Thucydides and Herodotus and Xenophon and Aristotle repair , to obtain that mastery over their mother tongue , which has rendered their names immortal ? Of whom did Cicero and Cæsar and Virgil and Ovid take their first lessons in that ...
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... Thucydides gives us of the de- parture of that great armament from the Piræus ? and , after reading its subsequent history , and observing how enthusiasm degenerated into indif- ference , indifference into dread , and dread into de ...
... Thucydides gives us of the de- parture of that great armament from the Piræus ? and , after reading its subsequent history , and observing how enthusiasm degenerated into indif- ference , indifference into dread , and dread into de ...
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... Thucydides in that of Bacon and Hooker , while Demosthenes , Cicero , Cæsar , and Tacitus , require a style completely modern , the perfection of the English language such as we now speak and write , varied only to suit the individual ...
... Thucydides in that of Bacon and Hooker , while Demosthenes , Cicero , Cæsar , and Tacitus , require a style completely modern , the perfection of the English language such as we now speak and write , varied only to suit the individual ...
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Page 69 - To cheer the shivering native's dull abode. And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, In loose numbers wildly sweet, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves. Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and generous Shame, The unconquerable Mind, and freedom's holy flame.
Page 114 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care, To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse...
Page 97 - Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Thus when we view some well-proportion'd dome, (The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular.
Page 96 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 198 - I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shall call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Page 129 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
Page 198 - Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withd'raw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 43 - Learn to make a right use of your eyes : the commonest things are worth looking at — even stones and weeds, and the most familiar animals.
Page 102 - Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend ; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And suatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Page 198 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.