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... Herodotus , and Euripides . But he sadly missed the society which he had left at home , and he remarked that he fancied himself growing wiser every day , not by his own im- provement , but from finding how little activity of mind there ...
... Herodotus , and Euripides . But he sadly missed the society which he had left at home , and he remarked that he fancied himself growing wiser every day , not by his own im- provement , but from finding how little activity of mind there ...
Page 145
... Herodotus ( II . 152 ) , pre- dicted the overthrow of eleven kings in Egypt , on the appearance of men of brass , risen out of the sea . Nor did this prophecy exist among the Islanders alone . It influenced the councils of Montezuma ...
... Herodotus ( II . 152 ) , pre- dicted the overthrow of eleven kings in Egypt , on the appearance of men of brass , risen out of the sea . Nor did this prophecy exist among the Islanders alone . It influenced the councils of Montezuma ...
Page 155
... slain ! War reverses the order of Nature . says Herodotus , the sons bury their war the fathers bury their sons ! willed it so.-I. 87 . In time of peace , fathers ; in time of But the Gods have Page 126 , line 23 . CAZZIVA , An ancient 155.
... slain ! War reverses the order of Nature . says Herodotus , the sons bury their war the fathers bury their sons ! willed it so.-I. 87 . In time of peace , fathers ; in time of But the Gods have Page 126 , line 23 . CAZZIVA , An ancient 155.
Page 245
... of empire flows ! " The Persians , " says Herodotus , " have no temples , altars , or statues . They sacrifice on the tops of the highest mountains . " I. 131 . En . VI . 46 , & c . III . 1 . Mona , thy Druid - rites 245.
... of empire flows ! " The Persians , " says Herodotus , " have no temples , altars , or statues . They sacrifice on the tops of the highest mountains . " I. 131 . En . VI . 46 , & c . III . 1 . Mona , thy Druid - rites 245.
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