Gleanings from the Natural History of the AncientsE. Stock, 1885 - 258 หน้า |
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Æneid againſt Alcinous alfo alſo ancient animal Ariftotle Aulus Gellius beaſt beauty becauſe Befides beſt birds boar breed Britain Britiſh Cæfar cauſe celebrated chariot chaſe Chimæra claffical cloſe creature curious deſcribed dogges dogs domeftic Eaſt Egyptian elephant Engliſh eſcaped eſpecially eſteemed exiſtence fables facred faid fame faſhion fays feems feen fhews fhow fifh fingular firft firſt fiſh flain fleſh flowers foffil fome fpecies ftill ftory fuch garden Greek Herodotus Hift himſelf Homer horfes horſes hounds houſe hunting Ibid Iliad inftance iſland itſelf juſt lion marvels moft monſters moſt muſt natural hiſtory neolithic Odyffey Odyſſey Ovid paffage pearls Perfian pleaſure Pliny poems poet poffeffed preſent purſue Pygmies repreſented reſemble rofes Roman Rome roſes round ſays ſea ſeems ſeen Shakeſpeare ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpeaks ſtate ſtill ſtory thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tranflated uſed Virgil whoſe wild wild boar wolf wolves
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หน้า 67 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
หน้า 175 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
หน้า 114 - He rolls his mournful eyes ; he deeply groans With patient sobbing, and with manly moans. He heaves for breath ; which, from his lungs supplied, And fetched from far, distends his labouring side.
หน้า 68 - Hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in large numbers in a district might determine, through the intervention first of mice and then of bees, the frequency of certain flowers in that district...
หน้า 154 - He bites the wind and fills his sounding jaws with air. The rocks, the lakes, the meadows ring with cries: The mortal tumult mounts and thunders in the skies.
หน้า 127 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
หน้า 235 - And this principally raises my esteem of these fables, which I receive, not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times, that from the traditions of more ancient nations came, at length, into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks.
หน้า 74 - Upon this, the king did neither rebuke them nor reject their impious flattery. But...
หน้า 131 - And without the courtyard hard by the door is a great garden, of four ploughgates, and a hedge runs round on either side. And there grow tall trees blossoming, pear-trees and pomegranates, and apple-trees with bright fruit, and sweet figs, and olives in their bloom.
หน้า 180 - And thus the purple hair is dearly paid. Then thrice the ravens rend the liquid air, And croaking notes proclaim the settled fair. Then round their airy palaces they fly To greet the sun ; and seized with secret joy, When storms are overblown, with food repair To their forsaken nests and callow care.