The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies, and Conquests: From the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the East. Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts, Nide 3J. J. Tourneisen and J. L. Legrand, 1790 - 386 sivua |
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Sivu 57 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Sivu 346 - Ariaeus from us, that, if he will come hither, we will place him on the Throne : for those who gain the Victory, gain with it a right to command.
Sivu 194 - Heaven can bestow or mankind can receive; the practice of agriculture, which delivered us from the fierce and precarious manner of life common to us with wild animals ; and the knowledge of those sacred mysteries which fortify the initiated against all the terrors of death and inspire them with the pleasing hopes of an happy immortality.
Sivu 83 - A hundred gallies were adorned with all the splendor of naval pomp; the troops destined to embark, vied with each other in the elegance of their dress and the brightness of their arms. The alacrity painted in every face, and the magnificence displayed with profusion in every part of the equipage, represented a triumphal show, rather than the stern image of war. But the solidity and greatness of the armament proved, that it was intended for use, not for ostentation. Amidst this glare of external pageantry,...