 Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd,...  The British Essayists: Tatler - Страница 198под редакцията на - 1823Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Homer - 1840 - 292 страници
...born to bear. Such is, alas .' the Gods' severe decree : They, only they are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decresd To taste the bad, ummx'd, is curst indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1841 - 790 страници
...Brundusium toCorcycra: from Achill« to Priam, in thtlait Iliad, which fa (huí translated by Pope : Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil our, and one of food. From thence the cap of mortal man he fills, Blcssiugs to these, to those distribute!... | |
 | Charles Daubuz - 1842 - 264 страници
...evil out of the other. The passage is in the last book of the Iliad, and thus translated by Mr. Pope : Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...mingles both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad unmixed is cursed indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driv'n, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 страници
...to bear; 660 Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; They, only they, are bless'd, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 страници
...born to bear; 660 Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; They, only they, are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...mingles both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad, unrnix'd, is curst indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
 | William Sweetser - 1850 - 456 страници
...completely blessed, but the good we enjoy must constantly be purchased at the price of some evil. " Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good: From these the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most he mingles... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 678 страници
...subject. I see that, with the other evils of life, it is destined to temper the cup we are to drink. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...those distributes ills ; To most he mingles both. Putting to myself your question, would I agree to live my seventy-three years over again forever ?... | |
 | James Elishama Smith - 1854 - 670 страници
...primordial faith, and Father Jove is represented by him as in like manner distributing both good and evil. " Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal rnun he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills. To most he mingles both," &c. " This... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 472 страници
...each : to others from the evil vessel only, and these are completely miserable. Iliad, xvi. 527, seq. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good : From theoce the cup of mortal man he nits, Blessings to these ; to those distributes ills. To most he mingles... | |
 | ADAM CLARKE, LL.D., F.A.S. - 1854 - 1004 страници
...о' е<г0А<<). Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree, They, only they are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good. Prom thence the CUP of mortal man he fills : Blessings to these ; to those distributes ills. To most... | |
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