The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, 第 1 卷J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1795 |
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... fight with what the mufe imparts , In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts , While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take , nor fee the length behind ; But , more advanc'd , behold , with ftrange furprize , New ...
... fight with what the mufe imparts , In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts , While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take , nor fee the length behind ; But , more advanc'd , behold , with ftrange furprize , New ...
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第 37 頁 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
第 319 頁 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
第 137 頁 - The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team; And great Orion's more refulgent beam; To which, around the axle of the sky, The Bear, revolving, points his golden eye, Still shines exalted on th' ethereal plain, Nor bathes his blazing forehead in the main.
第 41 頁 - To pigmy nations wounds and death they bring, And all the war descends upon the wing. But silent, breathing rage, resolv'd and skill'd By mutual aids to fix a doubtful field, Swift march the Greeks : the rapid dust around Darkening arises from the labour'd ground.
第 219 頁 - Even so late as the year 1471, when Louis XI. borrowed the works of Rasis, the Arabian physician, from the faculty of medicine in Paris, he not only deposited in pledge a considerable quantity of plate, but was obliged to procure a nobleman to join with him as surety in a deed, binding himself, under a great forfeiture, to restore it.
第 172 頁 - ... three thousand were reckoned in the baths of Diocletian. The walls of the lofty apartments were covered with curious mosaics, that imitated the art of the pencil in the elegance of design and the variety of colours. The Egyptian granite was beautifully...
第 164 頁 - The nature of the soil may indicate the countries most exposed to these formidable concussions, since they are caused by subterraneous fires, and such fires are kindled by the union and fermentation of iron and sulphur. But their times and effects appear to lie beyond the reach of human curiosity, and the philosopher will discreetly abstain from the prediction of earthquakes, till he has counted the drops of water that silently filtrate on the inflammable mineral, and measured the caverns which increase...
第 113 頁 - To truft in ev'ry thing, or doubt of all. Who thus define it, fay they more or lefs Than this, that Happinefs is Happinefs...
第 154 頁 - ... economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. Let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with theirs. If their own extravagance does not ruin the state, that of their subjects never will.
第 58 頁 - And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies...