The Classical Museum, المجلد 1Leonhard Schmitz John W. Parker, 1844 |
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الصفحة 61
... Strabo was superficial enough to doubt . And the Roman poets contain strokes of de- scription as true as can be found in any literature . When indeed they speak without personal knowledge of the places they de- scribe , nothing can be ...
... Strabo was superficial enough to doubt . And the Roman poets contain strokes of de- scription as true as can be found in any literature . When indeed they speak without personal knowledge of the places they de- scribe , nothing can be ...
الصفحة 85
... Strabo , Mela , Pliny , were popular among their countrymen who understood them easily , and who believed their statements with a readiness which was neither guided nor disturbed by that spirit of critical investigation which is one of ...
... Strabo , Mela , Pliny , were popular among their countrymen who understood them easily , and who believed their statements with a readiness which was neither guided nor disturbed by that spirit of critical investigation which is one of ...
الصفحة 87
... Strabo ; and whether they are made by Arabs , Greeks , or Latins , they will often be useful for the understanding of obscure passages of the ancients . The statements of Strabo , Pomponius Mela , Ptolemy , and Arrian , concerning the ...
... Strabo ; and whether they are made by Arabs , Greeks , or Latins , they will often be useful for the understanding of obscure passages of the ancients . The statements of Strabo , Pomponius Mela , Ptolemy , and Arrian , concerning the ...
الصفحة 90
... Strabo , Ptolemy , Pliny , and Arrian , treating the same subject , has pre- sented great difficulties to the commentators ; and until this day it has not been explained in a satisfactory way . This passage is of great importance ...
... Strabo , Ptolemy , Pliny , and Arrian , treating the same subject , has pre- sented great difficulties to the commentators ; and until this day it has not been explained in a satisfactory way . This passage is of great importance ...
الصفحة 94
... Strabo relates about these fish being hewn out from the ice " . The identity of the Choracul and the Chernaïa Protoka having been proved , and this river being the southernmost of all the rivers of the Sea of Azof , it is evident that ...
... Strabo relates about these fish being hewn out from the ice " . The identity of the Choracul and the Chernaïa Protoka having been proved , and this river being the southernmost of all the rivers of the Sea of Azof , it is evident that ...
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accent according Æginæan Æneid Æschylus ancient antiquity antistrophe appears Aristophanes Aristotle Asia Minor Athenian Athens Attic Attic talent Azof Babylonian Boeckh Bosporus Burlic called character Chernaïa Protoka chorus civilization cubic decree Demosthenes distance edition English Eschylus Euboic evidence fact foot Furies Grecian Greece Greek Helen Herodotus hill Homer inscriptions K. O. Müller Kuban language legends Mæotis meaning miles modern monument Müller natural Niebuhr original parasangs passage passed Phanagoria Philip plain poet poetical present probably Ptolemy quæ ratio remarks river rock Roman pound Rome ruins Ruperti says scholars Sea of Azof seems sextarii shew shewn Strabo syllable talent Taman temple Tigris tion tirled tombs town translation Trojans Troy verse villages wall Welcker words writers Xenophon γὰρ δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν πρὸς τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῶν
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الصفحة 395 - Nothing is more certain than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have in this European world of ours depended for ages upon two principles, and were indeed the result of both combined: I mean the spirit of a gentleman and the spirit of religion.
الصفحة 66 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
الصفحة 260 - The whole in cases and concerns occurring and recurring At every turn and every day domestic and familiar, So that the audience, one and all, from personal experience, Were competent to judge the piece, and form a fair opinion Whether my scenes and sentiments agreed with truth and nature. I never took them by surprise to storm their understandings, With Memnons and Tydides's and idle rattle-trappings Of battle-steeds and clattering shields to scare them from their senses ; But for a test (perhaps...
الصفحة 251 - O'er ocean and earth, and aloft to the sky : And all the world over, we're friends to the lover, And when other means fail, we are found to prevail, When a Peacock or Pheasant is sent as a present.
الصفحة 256 - Let us hasten — let us fly — Where the lovely meadows lie; Where the living waters flow; Where the roses bloom and blow. — Heirs of immortality, Segregated, safe and pure, Easy, sorrowless, secure; Since our earthly course is run, We behold a brighter sun. Holy lives — a holy vow — Such rewards await them now.
الصفحة 340 - France, which prevailed at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century, were again awakened by the substitution of the republic for the monarchy.
الصفحة 394 - Although the progress of civilization has undoubtedly contributed to assuage the fiercer passions of human nature, it seems to have been less favourable to the virtue of chastity, whose most dangerous enemy is the softness of the mind.
الصفحة 188 - Tragedy, then, is an imitation of some action that is important, entire, and of a proper magnitude...
الصفحة 239 - All my wars and fights are o'er : Other battles please me more, With my neighbour's maid, the Thracian, Found marauding in the wood ; Seizing on the fair occasion, With a quick retaliation Making an immediate booty Of her innocence and beauty. — If a drunken head should ache, Bones and heads we never break. If we quarrel over night ; At a full carousing soak, In the morning all is right ; And the shield hung out of sight In the chimney smoke.
الصفحة 244 - In the present instance, as the poetical advocate of his party, he had already stated their claims to public confidence and favour; and, in the concluding lines, had deprecated the jealousy and envy to which they were exposed. He now wishes to give a striking instance of their spirit and alacrity in the service of the country ; and it is given accordingly, in the most uninvidious manner, in a tone of extravagant burlesque humour.