Letters to Dead AuthorsLongmans, Green, 1892 - 194 страница Collection of essays. |
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... Concerning the matters set forth in your histories , and the tales you tell about both Greeks and Barbarians , whether they be true , or whether they be false , men dispute not little but a great deal . Wherefore I , being concerned to ...
... Concerning the matters set forth in your histories , and the tales you tell about both Greeks and Barbarians , whether they be true , or whether they be false , men dispute not little but a great deal . Wherefore I , being concerned to ...
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... concerning Herodotus of Halicarnassus , looked on me with amazement , and went straightway about their business - namely , to seek out whatsoever new thing is coming to pass all over the whole inhabited 30 LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS .
... concerning Herodotus of Halicarnassus , looked on me with amazement , and went straightway about their business - namely , to seek out whatsoever new thing is coming to pass all over the whole inhabited 30 LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS .
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... concerning Hero- dotus was a priest , and dwelt in the priests ' city on the river which is called the City of the Ford of the Ox . But whether Io , when she wore a cow's shape , had passed by that way in her wanderings , and thence ...
... concerning Hero- dotus was a priest , and dwelt in the priests ' city on the river which is called the City of the Ford of the Ox . But whether Io , when she wore a cow's shape , had passed by that way in her wanderings , and thence ...
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... concerning which I know not the truth . Now , after sailing and rowing against the stream for certain days , I came to the City of the Ford of the Ox . Here the river changes his name , and is called Isis , after the name of the goddess ...
... concerning which I know not the truth . Now , after sailing and rowing against the stream for certain days , I came to the City of the Ford of the Ox . Here the river changes his name , and is called Isis , after the name of the goddess ...
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... concerning Herodotus the Halicarnassian , from one who knew . Now this temple is not the fairest in the city , but less fair and goodly than the old temples , yet goodlier and more fair than the new temples ; and over the roof there is ...
... concerning Herodotus the Halicarnassian , from one who knew . Now this temple is not the fairest in the city , but less fair and goodly than the old temples , yet goodlier and more fair than the new temples ; and over the roof there is ...
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admiration Alemanni Alexandre Dumas ANDREW LANG angler bad poets Bibline wine blessed Boileau Brother John burn Byron called Cask of Amontillado Chapelain clepen Coqcigrues cried critic D'Artagnan DEAD AUTHORS didst thou dread drink dwell Edgar Allan Poe England Englishmen evil fair farewell Father fortunate Franck Françoys Rabelais friends Galashiels genius Gods happy hath heart HERMES Herodotus heroines Homer honour Horace human humour immortal John Chalkhill knew ladies land laugh laurel learned LETTERS TO DEAD literary live Lond of Egypt Lucian matter methinks Molière Muscovy Muses never Pantagruel Panurge passions poet poetry Pope popular Porthos praise priest prose Pucelle Puimorin Rabelais racter Ronsard Rose satire Shelley sing song Sophocles speak sweet taste tell thee Theocritus Théophile Gautier thine things thou didst Thou wert thou wouldst Thresoure trout verse wandering waters write Ynde
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