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... given , less diffuse , and more faithful . Of the Greek , also , is added an English version , as close as the two languages will admit . Then follow the same in Arabic and in Persian , for the most a cento from the poets in those ...
... given , less diffuse , and more faithful . Of the Greek , also , is added an English version , as close as the two languages will admit . Then follow the same in Arabic and in Persian , for the most a cento from the poets in those ...
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... given horses to the sun , and we know this to have been the practice of the East , from Xe- nophon's ( lib . viii . ) Cyri Institutio ; from Pau- sanias , in his Laconica ; and Justin , in his History of Darius . In Baghdad divine ...
... given horses to the sun , and we know this to have been the practice of the East , from Xe- nophon's ( lib . viii . ) Cyri Institutio ; from Pau- sanias , in his Laconica ; and Justin , in his History of Darius . In Baghdad divine ...
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... the end , Seu Pandionio -v . 721 . Monte venis , sive Aonia devertis Ithone.- Consult Hesychius v . Irwvía Etymolo- gium magn . Callim . v . 75. Apollon . i . 551 . HINDOSTAN . THE extract which I have here given , 51.
... the end , Seu Pandionio -v . 721 . Monte venis , sive Aonia devertis Ithone.- Consult Hesychius v . Irwvía Etymolo- gium magn . Callim . v . 75. Apollon . i . 551 . HINDOSTAN . THE extract which I have here given , 51.
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Stephen Weston. HINDOSTAN . THE extract which I have here given , is from Mr. Wilkins's Sanscrita Grammar , and , I may add , Dictionary , which , for elegance of type , excellence of arrangement , and lucid order , is far above my ...
Stephen Weston. HINDOSTAN . THE extract which I have here given , is from Mr. Wilkins's Sanscrita Grammar , and , I may add , Dictionary , which , for elegance of type , excellence of arrangement , and lucid order , is far above my ...
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... given away , from incapacity to be destroyed . 7. Conducteth knowledge also to acquaint- ance , a man , as 8. The humble stream to the ocean , hard to be attained to the prince , to good fortune after this . GERMAN . EIN Weiser soll ...
... given away , from incapacity to be destroyed . 7. Conducteth knowledge also to acquaint- ance , a man , as 8. The humble stream to the ocean , hard to be attained to the prince , to good fortune after this . GERMAN . EIN Weiser soll ...
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Page 208 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th...
Page 203 - From these rude shores our fearless course we held: Beneath the glistening wave the god of day Had now five times withdrawn the parting ray, When o'er the prow a sudden darkness spread, And slowly floating o'er the mast's tall head A black cloud...
Page 45 - Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas...
Page 210 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 164 - Je m'embarque fièrement, Et je vais en ambassade, Au nom de mon souverain, Dire que je suis malade Et que lui se porte bien. Avec une joue enflée Je débarque tout honteux. La princesse, boursouflée...
Page 54 - Amphitrite Will er schließen wie sein eignes Haus. Zu des Südpols nie erblickten Sternen Dringt sein rastlos ungehemmter Lauf, Alle Inseln spürt er, alle fernen Küsten — nur das Paradies nicht auf.
Page 52 - Edler Freund! Wo öffnet sich dem Frieden, Wo der Freiheit sich ein Zufluchtsort? Das Jahrhundert ist im Sturm geschieden, Und das neue öffnet sich mit Mord. Und das band der Länder ist gehoben, Und die alten Formen stürzen ein; Nicht das Weltmeer hemmt des Krieges Toben, Nicht der Nilgott und der alte Rhein.
Page 212 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of matter born, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 42 - Aus der Wahrheit Feuerspiegel lächelt sie den Forscher an. Zu der Tugend steilem Hügel leitet sie des Dulders Bahn. Auf des Glaubens Sonnenberge sieht man ihre Fahnen wehn, durch den Riß gesprengter Särge sie im Chor der Engel stehn.
Page 40 - Freude heißt die starke Feder In der ewigen Natur. Freude, Freude treibt die Räder In der großen Weltenuhr. Blumen lockt sie aus den Keimen, Sonnen aus dem Firmament, Sphären rollt sie in den Räumen, Die des Sehers Rohr nicht kennt.