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... bear the impress of another hand : and it has been generally held that three episodes have been inserted in the original didactic poem ; viz . ( 1. ) The Fable of Prometheus and Pandora ( 47-105 ) ; ( 2. ) The Metallic Ages of the World ...
... bear the impress of another hand : and it has been generally held that three episodes have been inserted in the original didactic poem ; viz . ( 1. ) The Fable of Prometheus and Pandora ( 47-105 ) ; ( 2. ) The Metallic Ages of the World ...
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... bear after union with none . Next again Momus , and Care full - of - woes , and the Hespe- rides , whose care are the fair golden apples beyond the famous ocean , and trees yielding fruit ; and she produced the Destinies , and ...
... bear after union with none . Next again Momus , and Care full - of - woes , and the Hespe- rides , whose care are the fair golden apples beyond the famous ocean , and trees yielding fruit ; and she produced the Destinies , and ...
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... bears his thunders and lightnings . Cf. Horat . Od . I. xxiv . 7 , Per cœlum Tonantis Egit equos volucremque cur- Van Lennep . rum . 2 Geryon is fabled to have been prince of Gades , i . q . Erythia : unless indeed Erythia was an island ...
... bears his thunders and lightnings . Cf. Horat . Od . I. xxiv . 7 , Per cœlum Tonantis Egit equos volucremque cur- Van Lennep . rum . 2 Geryon is fabled to have been prince of Gades , i . q . Erythia : unless indeed Erythia was an island ...
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... bears witness , and in cases of perjury punishes . Cf. Hom . II . ii . 755 ; Hesiod , Theog . 784. It is personified as the Oath - witness , avenger of perjury . See Butmann , Lexil . p . 434 ( Fishlake ) . Compare here Pindar , Ol ...
... bears witness , and in cases of perjury punishes . Cf. Hom . II . ii . 755 ; Hesiod , Theog . 784. It is personified as the Oath - witness , avenger of perjury . See Butmann , Lexil . p . 434 ( Fishlake ) . Compare here Pindar , Ol ...
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... bear Jove , the sire of gods as well as men , then it was that she essayed to supplicate her parents dear , Earth and starry Heaven , to contrive a plan how she might without observation bring forth her son , and take vengeance on the ...
... bear Jove , the sire of gods as well as men , then it was that she essayed to supplicate her parents dear , Earth and starry Heaven , to contrive a plan how she might without observation bring forth her son , and take vengeance on the ...
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Alcmena Amphitryon Apollo beneath blest Blomf Blomfield born called Callimachus Ceres chariot Compare Hom Cronus Cycnus Cyrnus daughter Delos Demeter divine earth epigram Esch Euboea Eurip evil fair Fragm fragment Frere's Georg goddess gods Goettling golden hands hast hath heart heaven Hercules Herodot Hesiod Homer honour Horat Hymn Iapetus immortal Iolaus isles Jove Jove's Juno king Kurnus Latona Lennep Matt Megara mentioned mighty mind Minerva mortal mountain Muses noble nymph o'er Odyss Olympus Ovid Pallas passage Pausan Pausanias Phoebus Pindar poem poet quotes race Rhod sacred says sense sire Smith's Dict song Soph spake Spanheim steeds Strabo swift Thebes thee Theocr Theog Theognis Thessaly thine thou Titans toil Triopas verses viii Virg wealth ween Welcker whilst wont word wretched xvii xxiv γὰρ δε ἐν καὶ τε τὸ
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Page 35 - Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven...
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Page 106 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 31 - And thou the accuser. Thus it shall befall Him who, to worth in woman overtrusting, Lets her will rule : restraint she will not brook; And, left to herself, if evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
Page 236 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 240 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness...
Page 442 - With kine and horses, Kurnus! we proceed By reasonable rules, and choose a breed For profit and increase, at any price: Of a sound stock, without defect or vice. But, in the daily matches that we make, The price is everything: for money's sake, Men marry: women are in marriage given The churl or ruffian, that in wealth has thriven, May match his offspring with the proudest race: Thus everything is mix'd, noble and base! If then in outward manner, form, and mind, You find us a degraded, motley kind,...
Page 200 - Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se luppiter ipse petat. dicit; sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
Page 443 - Our commonwealth preserves its former frame, Our common people are no more the same. They, that in skins and hides were rudely dress'd, Nor dreamt of law, nor sought to be redress'd By rules of right, but in the days of old Flock'd to the town, like cattle to the fold, Are now the brave and wise.
Page 176 - The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.