Sketches of the History of Man, Том 1W. Creech, 1813 - 525 стор. |
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... bards were as com- mon as potters or joiners , and as liable to envy . Demodocus is mentioned by Homer as a celebrated bard * ; and Phemius , another bard , is introduced by him deprecating the wrath of Ulysses , in the following words ...
... bards were as com- mon as potters or joiners , and as liable to envy . Demodocus is mentioned by Homer as a celebrated bard * ; and Phemius , another bard , is introduced by him deprecating the wrath of Ulysses , in the following words ...
Сторінка 177
... bards . The following quotation is from Ammianus Marcellinus : " Bardi quidem fortia " virorum illustrium facta , heroicis composita ver- 66 sibus , cum dulcibus lyræ modulis , cantitârunt . " We have for our authority Father Gobien ...
... bards . The following quotation is from Ammianus Marcellinus : " Bardi quidem fortia " virorum illustrium facta , heroicis composita ver- 66 sibus , cum dulcibus lyræ modulis , cantitârunt . " We have for our authority Father Gobien ...
Сторінка 178
... bards more honoured than in Britain and Scandinavia . Bards were the only historians before writing was introduced . Tacitus † says , that the songs of the German bards were their only annals . And Joannes Magnus , Archbishop of Upsal ...
... bards more honoured than in Britain and Scandinavia . Bards were the only historians before writing was introduced . Tacitus † says , that the songs of the German bards were their only annals . And Joannes Magnus , Archbishop of Upsal ...
Сторінка 179
... bards : which distinguishes the profes- sion of a poet from that of a bard . Homer , in a lax sense , may be termed a bard ; for in that cha- racter he strolled from feast to feast . But he was not a bard in the original sense : he ...
... bards : which distinguishes the profes- sion of a poet from that of a bard . Homer , in a lax sense , may be termed a bard ; for in that cha- racter he strolled from feast to feast . But he was not a bard in the original sense : he ...
Сторінка 180
... bard in Caledonia , as Homer was in Greece * . From the foregoing historical deduction , the reader will discover without my assistance why the first writings were in verse . The songs of the bards , being universal favourites , were ...
... bard in Caledonia , as Homer was in Greece * . From the foregoing historical deduction , the reader will discover without my assistance why the first writings were in verse . The songs of the bards , being universal favourites , were ...
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Сторінка 184 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Сторінка 183 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Сторінка 182 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Сторінка 183 - And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab; and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.
Сторінка 193 - And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet ; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that 5 the earth rent with the sound of them.
Сторінка 186 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
Сторінка 188 - Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the " matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, " until he have finished the thing this day.
Сторінка 182 - I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; would ye tarry for them till they were grown ? would ye stay for them from having husbands ? nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
Сторінка 181 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Сторінка 167 - Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped ; And they have kept it since, by being dead.