Divine providence which he puts into the mouth of Philoctetes: ' Never have I known That the base perish : such the Gods protect, Delighting from the realms of death to snatch The crafty and the guileful ; but the just And generous they in ruin always... The Tragedies of Sophocles - Page 314by Sophocles - 1813 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sophocles - Mythology, Greek - 1808 - 432 pages
...alive ? NEOP. I saw him not, but heard that yet he lives. PHIL. Yes, he will live ; for never have I known That the base perish ; such the gods protect,...I praise their heavenly governance ? NEOP. Son of (Etaean Poeas, I will guard My future life from Ihum distant far, Far from the sons of Atreus. O'er... | |
| Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1864 - 424 pages
...тЮеувш Taira, TTOV S' alveiv, &rav та ве'С èiraivuv TOUS ßeovs е!1ры KUKOUS; For never have I known That the base perish ; such the gods protect,...unjust, How can I praise their heavenly governance ? GRATITUDE. Philoc. 672. Îcms yàp.eZ Spâv eu тгавши itrlararai, TTOLVTOS yévotT &v кт-fifiaTOs... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - Religion - 1876 - 542 pages
...is the account of the Divine providence which he puts intothe mouth of Philoctetes: ' Never have I known That the base perish : such the Gods protect,...how approve them ? When I find the Gods unjust, How shall I praise their heavenly governance ?' The Hebrew Psalmist had felt the same perplexity some 700... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - Religion - 1876 - 540 pages
...is the account of the Divine providence which he puts into the mouth of Philoctetes: ' Never have I known That the base perish : such the Gods protect,...how approve them ? When I find the Gods unjust, How shall I praise their heavenly governance ? ' The Hebrew Psalmist had felt the same perplexity some... | |
| Edward Payson Tenney - 1876 - 168 pages
...thing ; just one thing, — the glory of God, the glory of God 1 " III. THE DARK DAYS. " Never have I known That the base perish: such the gods protect,...these things shall we account, or how Approve them ? " So sang the Greek poet.1 And in one of the sweet songs of Israel we read, "For I was envious at... | |
| 1876 - 844 pages
...is the account of the Divine providence which he puts into the mouth of Philoctetes : Never have I known That the base perish : such the gods protect,...in ruin always sink : How for these things shall we acconnt Or how approve them ? When I find the gods unjust, How shall I praise their heavenly governance... | |
| Literature - 1894 - 916 pages
...whereas they are always sinking the just and upright in ruin. How shall we account for these things, citement consequent on his triumph, conspire to register all the facts in his memory in a way ? THE WORSE PREVAIL. Where the worse has greater power than the goodj and all that is good is on the... | |
| Literature - 1876 - 862 pages
...is the account of the Divine providence which he puts into the mouth of Philoctetes : Never have I known That the base perish : such the gods protect,...in ruin always sink : How for these things shall we acconnt Or how approve them ? When I find the gods unjust, How shall I praise their heavenly governance... | |
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