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... Persians , was from his infancy accustomed to sobriety and temperance , of which he was him- self a most illustrious example through the whole course of his life . When Cyrus was twelve years ( 1 ) A suit of armour , une armure , ( 2 ) ...
... Persians , was from his infancy accustomed to sobriety and temperance , of which he was him- self a most illustrious example through the whole course of his life . When Cyrus was twelve years ( 1 ) A suit of armour , une armure , ( 2 ) ...
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... Persians , " says he to the king , " ' instead of going such a round - about way ( 1 ) to appease their hunger , have a much shorter to the same end : a little bread and a few cresses with them answer the purpose ( 2 ) . " Astyages ...
... Persians , " says he to the king , " ' instead of going such a round - about way ( 1 ) to appease their hunger , have a much shorter to the same end : a little bread and a few cresses with them answer the purpose ( 2 ) . " Astyages ...
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... Persia sent a very skilful physician ( 1 ) to the Caliph Mustapha , who , on ar- riving ( 2 ) , asked what was the style ( 3 ) of living at that court . He was answered that they ( 4 ) only eat when hungry , and never entirely satisfied ...
... Persia sent a very skilful physician ( 1 ) to the Caliph Mustapha , who , on ar- riving ( 2 ) , asked what was the style ( 3 ) of living at that court . He was answered that they ( 4 ) only eat when hungry , and never entirely satisfied ...
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... Alexander the Great , having conquered Darius , king of Persia , ( 1 ) How , ne traduisez pas ce mot . ( 2 ) On condition , à condition . ( 3 ) To scorn , dédaigner . took many thousand prisoners ; and among others the wife ASSISTANT . 83.
... Alexander the Great , having conquered Darius , king of Persia , ( 1 ) How , ne traduisez pas ce mot . ( 2 ) On condition , à condition . ( 3 ) To scorn , dédaigner . took many thousand prisoners ; and among others the wife ASSISTANT . 83.
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... Persian tyranny could inflict . The hands of some and the feet of others had been cut off , and others again had lost their noses and ears ; after which the Persians having impressed by fire barbarous characters on their faces , had the ...
... Persian tyranny could inflict . The hands of some and the feet of others had been cut off , and others again had lost their noses and ears ; after which the Persians having impressed by fire barbarous characters on their faces , had the ...
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Страница 125 - ... his chair and bed : a little calendar of small sticks were laid at the head, notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there — he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap.
Страница 199 - You never heard the most delicious music which is the praise of one's self; nor saw the most beautiful object, which is the work of one's own hands. Your votaries pass away their youth in a dream of mistaken pleasures, while they are hoarding up anguish, torment, and remorse, for old age.
Страница 175 - ... weaning his heart from the immoderate love of earthly things, and teaching him to revere the gods, and to place his whole trust and happiness in their government and protection.
Страница 167 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Страница 94 - Every thing charms and transports me in this place,' said Lysander, addressing himself to Cyrus; ' but what strikes me most, is the exquisite taste and elegant industry of the person, who drew the plan of the several parts of this garden, and gave it the fine order, wonderful disposition, and happiness of symmetry, which I cannot sufficiently admire.
Страница 124 - I beheld his body half wasted away with long expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it was which arises from hope deferred.
Страница 161 - Apollodorus, who had been in tears almost the whole conversation, began then to raise great cries, and to lament with such excessive grief, as pierced the hearts of all that were present. Socrates alone remained unmoved, and even reproved his friends, though with his usual mildness and good nature. 'What are you doing?
Страница 121 - With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : • We envy not the warmer clime, that lies In ten degrees of more indulgent skies ; Nor at the coarseness of our heav'n repine, Tho...
Страница 196 - ... to appear more graceful than ordinary in her mien, by a mixture of affectation in all her gestures. She had a wonderful confidence and assurance in her looks, and all the variety of colours in her dress that she thought were the most proper to show her complexion to an advantage.
Страница 195 - ... a desert, where the silence and solitude of the place very much favoured his meditations. As he was musing on his present condition, and very much perplexed in himself on the state of life he should choose, he saw two women of a larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him.