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Page 68
To these words of Solon , Cræsus refused both his esteem and praise , and he
afterwards dismissed the philosopher with indifferences . The sentiment which
prompts us not to be elate with temporary bliss , but to look beyond the present ...
To these words of Solon , Cræsus refused both his esteem and praise , and he
afterwards dismissed the philosopher with indifferences . The sentiment which
prompts us not to be elate with temporary bliss , but to look beyond the present ...
Page 87
An inscription on that of gold , asserts it to have been the gift of the
Lacedæmonians ; but it is not true , for this also was the gift of Cræsus . To gratify
the ' Lacedæmonians , a certain Delphian wrote this inscription : I know his name
, but forbear ...
An inscription on that of gold , asserts it to have been the gift of the
Lacedæmonians ; but it is not true , for this also was the gift of Cræsus . To gratify
the ' Lacedæmonians , a certain Delphian wrote this inscription : I know his name
, but forbear ...
Page 88
Many other smaller presents accompanied these ; among which were some
silver dishes , and the figure of a woman in gold , three cubits high , who ,
according to the Delphians , was the person who made bread for the family of
Cræsus 7o .
Many other smaller presents accompanied these ; among which were some
silver dishes , and the figure of a woman in gold , three cubits high , who ,
according to the Delphians , was the person who made bread for the family of
Cræsus 7o .
Page 136
When Cræsus stood erect upon the pile , although in this extremity of misery , he
did not forget the saying of Solon , which now appeared of divine inspiration , that
no living mortal could be accounted happy . When the remembrance of this ...
When Cræsus stood erect upon the pile , although in this extremity of misery , he
did not forget the saying of Solon , which now appeared of divine inspiration , that
no living mortal could be accounted happy . When the remembrance of this ...
Page 137
Plutarch , after this remark , proceeds to give an account of the conversation
betwixt Cræsus and Solon , nearly in the same words with Herodotus : “ The
felicity of that man , ” concludes the philosopher , to the king , “ who still ...
Plutarch , after this remark , proceeds to give an account of the conversation
betwixt Cræsus and Solon , nearly in the same words with Herodotus : “ The
felicity of that man , ” concludes the philosopher , to the king , “ who still ...
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Page 138 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain! The master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and...
Page 65 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
Page 196 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 357 - And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat : and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land...
Page 359 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 252 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 65 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Page 426 - And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Page 257 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Page 354 - The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
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| Title | Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Volume 1 Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, William Beloe |
| Author | Herodotus |
| Translated by | William Beloe |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1812 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 May 2007 |
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