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... tion to stand upon . The long intercourse be- tween these nations , their vicinity to each other , and more than all , the original simila- rity of their worship , prepared the Romans to receive the devotional system of a conquered ...
... tion to stand upon . The long intercourse be- tween these nations , their vicinity to each other , and more than all , the original simila- rity of their worship , prepared the Romans to receive the devotional system of a conquered ...
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... tion brought into the account . Consideration , however , is due to the idea of a classical origin ; and this , blended with the rest , may help to make up a perfect system . Before I proceed to the attempt , I would advert to certain ...
... tion brought into the account . Consideration , however , is due to the idea of a classical origin ; and this , blended with the rest , may help to make up a perfect system . Before I proceed to the attempt , I would advert to certain ...
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... tion is made of the Dwarfs ; " Alors les Dieux s'etant assis sur leurs thrônes rendirent la justice et délibererent sur ce qui concer- noit les NAINS . Cette espéce de créatures s'etoit formée dans la poudre de la terre , comme les vers ...
... tion is made of the Dwarfs ; " Alors les Dieux s'etant assis sur leurs thrônes rendirent la justice et délibererent sur ce qui concer- noit les NAINS . Cette espéce de créatures s'etoit formée dans la poudre de la terre , comme les vers ...
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... tion I have laid down is more clearly evinced . It would be doing injustice to my subject , if , in speaking of this singular fact , I used other language than that of the historian of the Ro- man empire . " The progress of the monks ...
... tion I have laid down is more clearly evinced . It would be doing injustice to my subject , if , in speaking of this singular fact , I used other language than that of the historian of the Ro- man empire . " The progress of the monks ...
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... tion in the East . With the decline of chi- valry , the fictions , which principally attained their celebrity during its zenith , ( because they had become incorporated with it ; though originally independent and extraneous , ) would ...
... tion in the East . With the decline of chi- valry , the fictions , which principally attained their celebrity during its zenith , ( because they had become incorporated with it ; though originally independent and extraneous , ) would ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abibas Alexis angel anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood book of Tobit brother Cæsar called castle Christ Christian church command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce emperor empire empress espoused Eufemyen exclaimed eyes fable fair lady faith father fell flesh fool Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden GOLDEN LEGEND hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian king kingdom knight lady lived lord marry master mercy messengers noble NOTE observed palace peace Pompey poor pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich Roman romantic fiction Rome SAINT sayd seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters shew soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing thou art thou hast thou shalt tion took tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton wherefore wife wise woman wyfe youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 380 - That generous actions meet a base reward. " While thus they pass, the sun his glory shrouds, The changing skies hang out their sable clouds j A sound in air presag'd approaching rain, And beasts to covert scud across the plain. Warn'd by the signs, the wand'ring pair retreat, To seek for shelter at a neighb'ring seat.
Página 375 - Here we discover those features of chivalry, so admirably ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can...
Página 356 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 383 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.
Página 382 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Página 147 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 385 - Heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind. Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Página 71 - Come unto me all ye that labour, and I will give you rest.
Página 379 - As one who spies a serpent in his way, Glistening and basking in the summer ray, Disorder'd stops to shun the danger near, Then walks with...
Página 381 - Twas there a vice, and seem'da madness here : Detesting that, and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh : The soil improv'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great : It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind, Content, and not for praise, but virtue kind.