| 1800 - 236 страници
...FRIENDS. A TALE. w, HEN Damon was sentenced by Dionysius of Syracuse, to die on such a day ; he prayed permission in the interim, to retire to his own country,...disconsolate family in order. This the tyrant intended most peremptorily to refuse, by granting -it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his... | |
| English instructor - 1801 - 272 страници
...the tyrant ofSyracuse , to die on a certain day, he prayed permission to retire , in the mean time , to his own country , to set the affairs of his disconsolate family in order. This the tyrant intended most peremptorily to refuse , by granting it , as he conceived , on the impossible condition of his... | |
| Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 страници
...tyrant of Syracuse, to die on a certain day, he prayed permission to retire, in the mean time, to hi? own country, to set the affairs of his disconsolate family in order. This the tyrant intended most peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible condition of his procuring... | |
| L. M. Stretch - 1808 - 316 страници
...refined genius: such may say with Ovid, J\"os duo turbo, sumus, We two are a multitude. WHEN Damon was sentenced by Dionysius of Syracuse to die on a certain...family in order. This the tyrant intended peremptorily lo refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his procuring some one... | |
| Young moralist - 1819 - 192 страници
...is excited. When Damon was sentenced by Dion ysius of Syracuse, to die on a certain day; he prayed permission, in the interim, to retire to his own country,...disconsolate family in order. This the tyrant intended most peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his procuring... | |
| 1819 - 186 страници
...Dionysus the tyrant of Syracuse, to die on a certain day, he prayed permission to retire in the mean time to his own country, to set the affairs of his disconsolate family in order. This the tyrant intended most peremptorily* to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible condition of his procuring... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 страници
...sentenced by Dionysitis of Syricmte.to die on a certain day, he begged permission, iaitheiiwSeriisi, to retire, to his own country, to set the affairs of his disconsolate family in order. This the kinjjfiiatiemled peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible condition... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1833 - 120 страници
...participate worthily of a friendship so divine. The same story still more amplified. When Damon was sentenced by Dionysius of Syracuse to die on a certain...of his procuring some one to remain as hostage for his return, under equal forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the conditions, and did not wait for an application... | |
| Henry Brooke - 1839 - 308 страници
...of his folly; to the defect of head, merely, and no way to any virtue or good quality of heart. ing it, as he conceived, on the impossible condition of his procuring some one to remain as hostage for his return, under equal forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the condition, and did not wait for an application... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 страници
...lips of the Sphynx shall preach the Gospel ! LESSON III. Damon and Pythias. — BROOKE. When Damon was sentenced by Dionysius of Syracuse to die on a certain...affairs of his disconsolate family in order. This the king intended peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible condition... | |
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