Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Æra, Volume 2C. and J. Rivington, 1825 |
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Page 56 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Page 56 - Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Page 56 - O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung! My ears, with hollow murmurs rung! In dewy damps, my limbs were chilled! My blood with gentle horrors thrilled! My feeble pulse forgot to play; I fainted, sunk, and died away!
Page 296 - Heaven, grant as what is useful to us; whether we ask it, or whether we ask it not ! Refuse us what would be hurtful to us, even if we should ask it.
Page 389 - We drew by lot for king of the banquet/ whose office it is to keep the company within bounds, without checking a proper degree of freedom ; to give the signal for circulating bumpers ; name the toasts, and see that all the laws of drinking are observed.* Chance decided in favour of Demochares.
Page 51 - Sappho was accustomed to say, 'I am actuated by the love of pleasures and of virtue. Without virtue nothing is so dangerous as riches, and happiness consists in the union of both.' She used likewise to say: 'This person is distinguished by his figure, that by his virtues; the one appears beautiful at a first view, the other not less so at a second.
Page 224 - What would you fay then did you but fee my wife ? She hardly reaches to my knees. Yet, little as we are, when we difagree, the city of Byzantium is not large enough to hold us.
Page 376 - ... rhapsodists, singing the poems of Homer;. and armed dancers, who in their occasional attacks upon each other represented, to the sound of the flute, the battle of Minerva with the Titans. But the most attractive part of the spectacle was a stately ship, impelled by concealed machinery, though it appeared to glide over the ground by the power of the wind, and the efforts of numerous rowers. On its sail, which represented the peplus, or white sleeveless robe of Minerva, the inventress of the useful...
Page 68 - ... negotiator, who, in the general assemblies of Greece, always maintained a superiority over the other deputies, and found means to retain in the alliance of Thebes, his country, even the states who were jealous of the growth of this new power ; to the man -who equalled in eloquence the foremost of the Athenian orators, was no less devoted to his country than Leonidas, and, perhaps, more just than even the inflexible Aristides.
Page 410 - ... gods. I shall now briefly set before you some facts, indicating the state of morals, as well in those nations, where the intellectual powers of man, received their highest polish, as among those of less refinement. And, I. We notice the inhuman custom of exposing infants. In Greece, the father had the right of pronouncing on the life or death of his children. On their birth, they were laid at his feet ; and if he took them in his arms, they were saved. When he was not wealthy enough to bring...