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... Born of a noble family , he distinguished himself at Marathon , Salamis , and Platea ; and it was on the field of battle , where his country was fighting against fearful odds for its very existence , that he drew the warlike inspiration ...
... Born of a noble family , he distinguished himself at Marathon , Salamis , and Platea ; and it was on the field of battle , where his country was fighting against fearful odds for its very existence , that he drew the warlike inspiration ...
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... Born at Eleusis . 499 First Exhibited 26 490 At Battle of Marathon 481 Gained his first prize 41 33 35 471 Visited Hieron of Syracuse ; " Septem contra Thebas " 51 468 Defeated by Sophocles ; retired to Syracuse Age 480 At battles of ...
... Born at Eleusis . 499 First Exhibited 26 490 At Battle of Marathon 481 Gained his first prize 41 33 35 471 Visited Hieron of Syracuse ; " Septem contra Thebas " 51 468 Defeated by Sophocles ; retired to Syracuse Age 480 At battles of ...
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... born at the village of Colonus , in Attica . He received a liberal education , more especially in music and poetry , made rapid progress , and won many school prizes . At fifteen he was chosen to lead the chorus which sang the pan after ...
... born at the village of Colonus , in Attica . He received a liberal education , more especially in music and poetry , made rapid progress , and won many school prizes . At fifteen he was chosen to lead the chorus which sang the pan after ...
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... born at Athens , 342 B.C. His uncle , Alexis , was a dramatist of considerable repute in comedy , and apparently taught him the principles of his art at an early age . The philosopher and moralist , Theophrastus , who excelled in ...
... born at Athens , 342 B.C. His uncle , Alexis , was a dramatist of considerable repute in comedy , and apparently taught him the principles of his art at an early age . The philosopher and moralist , Theophrastus , who excelled in ...
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... born of intimate self - knowledge and long experience of men , the grace of natural gaiety , and an indulgent spirit of mockery . " Menander often dwelt on the miseries of old age , and has epitomized his sentiments on this subject in ...
... born of intimate self - knowledge and long experience of men , the grace of natural gaiety , and an indulgent spirit of mockery . " Menander often dwelt on the miseries of old age , and has epitomized his sentiments on this subject in ...
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Seite 433 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct style.
Seite 432 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Seite 433 - On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect; in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said that never did Nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance.
Seite 438 - with a feeling that I should never rise in my profession. My mind was staggered with a view of the difficulties I had to surmount, and the little interest I possessed. I could discover no means of reaching the object of my ambition. After a long and gloomy reverie, in which I almost wished myself overboard, a sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and presented my king and country as my patron. Well, then," I exclaimed, " I will be a hero ! and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every...
Seite 418 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 175 - by proofs of Scripture, or else by plain just arguments: I cannot recant otherwise. For it is neither safe nor prudent to do aught against conscience. Here stand I ; I can do no other: God assist me!
Seite 129 - He who sows the ground with care and diligence, acquires a greater stock of religious merit, than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers.
Seite 3 - Our religion has materialised itself in the fact, in the supposed fact; it has attached its emotion to the fact, and now the fact is failing it. But for poetry the idea is everything ; the rest is a world of illusion, of divine illusion. Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea; the idea is the fact. The strongest part of our religion to-day is its unconscious poetry.
Seite 304 - History of the World, which exhibit the Byzantine period on a larger scale. Mahomet and his, Saracens soon fixed my attention ; and some instinct of criticism directed me to the genuine sources. Simon Ockley, an original in every sense, first opened my eyes ; and I was led from one book to another till I had ranged round the circle of Oriental history. Before I was sixteen...
Seite 432 - Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whether obstacles opposed.