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... , the same opinions , and the same attachments . Homer describes the actions of personages , which , if not real , are so imagined as to be conformable to the general characteristics of men in the heroic ages . If his 6.
... , the same opinions , and the same attachments . Homer describes the actions of personages , which , if not real , are so imagined as to be conformable to the general characteristics of men in the heroic ages . If his 6.
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... Homer had the wrath of Achilles , and its consequences , always before him ; when he sang of the exploits of other heroes , they were silently subordina- ted to those of the son of Thetis . Still more remarkable is the unity in variety ...
... Homer had the wrath of Achilles , and its consequences , always before him ; when he sang of the exploits of other heroes , they were silently subordina- ted to those of the son of Thetis . Still more remarkable is the unity in variety ...
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... Homer , or of any other poet , whose descriptions will charm the ear at the time , but whose concep- tion of deeds is at variance with the truth ; but having forced every sea and every land to be accessible to our enterprise , and ...
... Homer , or of any other poet , whose descriptions will charm the ear at the time , but whose concep- tion of deeds is at variance with the truth ; but having forced every sea and every land to be accessible to our enterprise , and ...
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... Homer . Herodotus was by birth an Asiatic Greek , and was quite imbued with the oriental spirit . In his time , of public records there were none , or , at the most , there were only local registers of public events , and their dates ...
... Homer . Herodotus was by birth an Asiatic Greek , and was quite imbued with the oriental spirit . In his time , of public records there were none , or , at the most , there were only local registers of public events , and their dates ...
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... Homer are not to be mistaken ; he not only has episodes , like the long one about Egypt , and formal speeches , which were common in historical works till the sixteenth century of our era , and have not been unknown since , * but he has ...
... Homer are not to be mistaken ; he not only has episodes , like the long one about Egypt , and formal speeches , which were common in historical works till the sixteenth century of our era , and have not been unknown since , * but he has ...
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Page 29 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse ; Such* as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 8 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 42 - We, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risK of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies.
Page 44 - When your lordships look at the papers, transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 29 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 46 - Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting-, That would not let me sleep : methought, I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes.* Rashly, And prais'd be rashness for it, — Let us know, Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall : and that should teach us. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.* Hor.
Page 44 - I must declare and avow, that, in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study, — I have read ''• Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that, for solidity of reasoning, force of ''"sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a "'" complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 47 - UNBORN ages and visions of glory crowd upon my soul, the realization of all which, however, is in the hands and good pleasure of Almighty God ; but, under his divine blessing, it will be dependent on the character and the virtues of ourselves, and of our posterity. If classical history has been found to be, is now, and shall continue to be, the concomitant5 of free instituticiis, and of popular eloquence, what a field is opening to 08 for another Herod'otus,' another Thucydides,
Page 39 - Massachusetts Bay, to the execution of the late acts of parliament; and if the same shall be attempted to be carried into execution by force, in such case, all America ought to support them in their opposition.
Page 53 - All the good, whether learned or unlearned, high or low, rich or poor, feel this day that there is one treasure common to them all, and that is the fame of Washington. They all recount...