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... became the term to ex- press either an host or his guest . When persons were united by the tie of hospitality each was xenos to the other , though , when they were together , he who received the other was properly distinguished as the ...
... became the term to ex- press either an host or his guest . When persons were united by the tie of hospitality each was xenos to the other , though , when they were together , he who received the other was properly distinguished as the ...
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... became Athe- nian , being first established at Athens by Philæus the son of Ajax . This Miltiades , as he sat before the 1 I have made several remarks on Pisistratus in a pre- ceding volume ; but I neglected to mention that Athenæus ...
... became Athe- nian , being first established at Athens by Philæus the son of Ajax . This Miltiades , as he sat before the 1 I have made several remarks on Pisistratus in a pre- ceding volume ; but I neglected to mention that Athenæus ...
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... became A joyful mother of two goodly sons ; And , which was strange , the one so like the other , As could not be distinguish'd , & c . Comedy of Errors . It seems unnecessary to add that this latter play is a very she also professed ...
... became A joyful mother of two goodly sons ; And , which was strange , the one so like the other , As could not be distinguish'd , & c . Comedy of Errors . It seems unnecessary to add that this latter play is a very she also professed ...
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... became ex- corpse while it remains unburied , with the most bitter cries , scratching and beating their faces so violently as to make them bloody , and black and blue . Those of the lower kind also are apt to call in certain women who ...
... became ex- corpse while it remains unburied , with the most bitter cries , scratching and beating their faces so violently as to make them bloody , and black and blue . Those of the lower kind also are apt to call in certain women who ...
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... became the most beautiful woman in Greece , next to Helen . - T . 1 How was it possible , asks M. Larcher in this place , to have great riches in Sparta ? All the lands of Lacedæmon were divided in equal portions amongst the citizens ...
... became the most beautiful woman in Greece , next to Helen . - T . 1 How was it possible , asks M. Larcher in this place , to have great riches in Sparta ? All the lands of Lacedæmon were divided in equal portions amongst the citizens ...
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Ægina Æginetæ afterwards allies amongst ancient appeared Argives Argos Ariston arms army arrived Artabanus Artaphernes Artayctes Artemisium Asia Asopus assistance Athe Athenæus Athenians Athens attack Attica barbarians battle betwixt body Boeotia brother calamity called cavalry Chersonesus Cleomenes command conduct continued Corinthians countrymen Darius daughter death deity Delphi Demaratus divine endeavored enemy engagement Eurybiades expedition farther fled fleet forces Gelon gold Grecian Greece Greeks Hellespont Herodotus Histiæus honor horse hundred inhabitants intire Ionians island isthmus king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land Larcher leaders Leonidas Leutychides manner Mardonius Masistes Medes Miletus Miltiades nians occasion opinion oracle passage passed Pausanias Peloponnesus Persians Phoceans Phoenicians Platea Plutarch present prince proceeded prodigies received remarkable replied retired sacred sail Salamis Samians Sardis says sent sentiments ships sians Sicily slain soon Spartans station temple Thebans Themistocles Thermopylæ Thessalians Thessaly thing thousand tion troops vessels victory Whilst Xerxes
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Page 42 - And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above (Such is the power of mighty love). A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 122 - 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 317 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Page 232 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell ; highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of heaven.
Page 41 - With flying fingers touched the lyre: The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above, Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god; Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia...
Page 16 - Threaten his bloody stage: by the clock 'tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp: Is't night's predominance, or the day's shame, That darkness does the face of earth entomb, When living light should kiss it?
Page 281 - The advantage of receiving the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the emperors to establish, throughout their extensive dominions, the regular institution of posts. Houses were...
Page 281 - Houses were everywhere erected at the distance only of five or six miles; each of them was constantly provided with forty horses, and by the help of these relays it was easy to travel an hundred miles in a day along the Roman roads.
Page 286 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Page 326 - Can his dear image from my soul depart, Long as the vital spirit moves my heart? If in the melancholy shades below, The flames of friends and lovers cease to glow, Yet mine shall sacred last; mine, undecay'd, Burn on through death, and animate my shade.