The Outline of Literature, Bind 1John Drinkwater G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923 - 1136 sider |
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Side iii
... Latin literature— The change in form - The incentive to write - Myths and legends - Cupid and Psyche - A co - operative beginning . II . HOMER • Achilles the hero - Helen of Troy - The rank and file - The Iliad -The wrath of Achilles ...
... Latin literature— The change in form - The incentive to write - Myths and legends - Cupid and Psyche - A co - operative beginning . II . HOMER • Achilles the hero - Helen of Troy - The rank and file - The Iliad -The wrath of Achilles ...
Side 6
... Latin cuneus , which means a wedge . Each character is composed of a wedge or a combination of wedges written from left to right with a square- pointed stylus . Scribes and Priests The Chaldean scribes were in the pay of the Court ...
... Latin cuneus , which means a wedge . Each character is composed of a wedge or a combination of wedges written from left to right with a square- pointed stylus . Scribes and Priests The Chaldean scribes were in the pay of the Court ...
Side 6
... Latin cuneus , which means a wedge . Each character is composed of a wedge or a combination of wedges written from left to right with a square- pointed stylus . Scribes and Priests The Chaldean scribes were in the pay of the Court ...
... Latin cuneus , which means a wedge . Each character is composed of a wedge or a combination of wedges written from left to right with a square- pointed stylus . Scribes and Priests The Chaldean scribes were in the pay of the Court ...
Side 17
... a centre of culture and learning , a fact which Charles Kingsley has em- ployed with dramatic effect in his novel Hypatia . VOL . I - 2 Latin Literature In its beginning the literature of Rome was The First Books in the World 17.
... a centre of culture and learning , a fact which Charles Kingsley has em- ployed with dramatic effect in his novel Hypatia . VOL . I - 2 Latin Literature In its beginning the literature of Rome was The First Books in the World 17.
Side 18
... Latin , Homer was translated into Latin , and the original Latin work was in- evitably imitative . In this connection it is interesting to note that many of the more conspicuous Latin authors , who flourished before the first century ...
... Latin , Homer was translated into Latin , and the original Latin work was in- evitably imitative . In this connection it is interesting to note that many of the more conspicuous Latin authors , who flourished before the first century ...
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Achilles ancient bear beauty became become beginning Bible born called century changed character Christ Christian common Dante death described early earth English existence expression fact faith famous father gave give gods Greek hand head heart heaven Hebrew heroes Homer human idea Iliad important interesting Italy Jewish Jews King knights known language later Latin learned leave legends literary literature living Lord mind Moses myths nature never Odyssey Old Testament original passage passed permission Photo plays poem poet poetry present probably prophets religion religious remained Renaissance Rischgitz Collection Roman Rome sacred says scholars songs soul spirit story teaching tells Testament thee things thou thought thousand translation turned Ulysses verse wife writing written wrote
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Side 93 - gloomy, but the last chapter is superb in its English dress. "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as was: and the spirit shall return unto
Side 130 - And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said. Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God,
Side 166 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts;
Side 263 - hire to countrefete cheere Of Court, and been estatlich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence. But for to speken of hire conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe, if that she saugh a mous Kaught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. Of smale
Side 125 - they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. He suffered no man to do them wrong: Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, "Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
Side 263 - she was nat undergrowe. Ful fetys was hir cloke, as I was war; Of smal coral aboute hire arm she bar A peire of bedes, gauded al with grene, And ther-on heng a brooch of gold ful sheene, On which ther was first write a crowned A, And after
Side 121 - *'Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? . . . Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before I go whence I shall not
Side 124 - covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant: Saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance": When they were but a few men in number;
Side 117 - we seem to be reading the Bible through the medium of his own words. Take these words of Mr. Greatheart in the Valley of the Shadow: This is like doing business in great Waters, or like going down into the deep; this is like being in the heart of the
Side 135 - Such as found out musical tunes, And recited verses in writing, Rich men furnished with ability, Living peaceably in their habitations. All these were honoured in their generations, And were the glory of their times. Their seed shall remain