The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... thou , my mind , pursue a chase Beyond the present number of your years . On which account Timon , in his Silli , says― There is a time to love , a time to wed , A time to leave off loving ; and adds that it is not well to wait until ...
... thou , my mind , pursue a chase Beyond the present number of your years . On which account Timon , in his Silli , says― There is a time to love , a time to wed , A time to leave off loving ; and adds that it is not well to wait until ...
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... thou not know that the cook's art contributes More than all others to true piety ? B. Is it indeed so useful ? A. Troth it is , You ignorant barbarian : it releases Men from a brutal and perfidious life , And cannibal devouring of each ...
... thou not know that the cook's art contributes More than all others to true piety ? B. Is it indeed so useful ? A. Troth it is , You ignorant barbarian : it releases Men from a brutal and perfidious life , And cannibal devouring of each ...
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... thou Tritonian Pallas , who from heaven above Look'st with protecting eye On this holy city and land , Deign our protectress now to prove From loss in war , from dread sedition's band , And death's untimely blow , thou and thy father ...
... thou Tritonian Pallas , who from heaven above Look'st with protecting eye On this holy city and land , Deign our protectress now to prove From loss in war , from dread sedition's band , And death's untimely blow , thou and thy father ...
Page 1111
... Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death , The happy heroes ' isles shall be The bright abode allotted thee . XII . I'll wreathe the sword in myrtle bough , The sword that laid Hipparchus low , When at Minerva's adverse fane He knelt ...
... Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death , The happy heroes ' isles shall be The bright abode allotted thee . XII . I'll wreathe the sword in myrtle bough , The sword that laid Hipparchus low , When at Minerva's adverse fane He knelt ...
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... thou dost thy followers grace , - Better than gold , Better than sleep , or e'en the glories old Of high descent and noble race . For you Jove's mighty son , great Hercules , Forsook a life of ease ; For you the Spartan brothers twain ...
... thou dost thy followers grace , - Better than gold , Better than sleep , or e'en the glories old Of high descent and noble race . For you Jove's mighty son , great Hercules , Forsook a life of ease ; For you the Spartan brothers twain ...
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