Tales of Heroes and Great Men of OldReligious Tract Society, 1872 - 265 oldal |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Achilles afraid afterwards Alcinous angry Archias Aristides army Athenians Athens battle begged Bellerophon better brave called cave Cercyon chariot Christ clever Colchis conquer courage Croesus crown cruel death Demosthenes destroy devoured Dion Dionysius Egeus Epaminondas Eumæus Eurystheus evil father feasted fight fled fought friends gave gods gold golden fleece Greece Greeks grew happy Harpalus Hector Hercules heroes honour Iobates Iolcos island Jason Jupiter killed king knew land lived Macedon Medea Minerva monster never noble Olympia orator palace Pelias Pelopidas Penelope Periphetes Persian persuaded Phineus Phrixos Plato replied robe rocks sail sent ship shouts slain slew Socrates soldiers Solon Spartans spears speech stories swords Syracuse teach tell temple Themistocles Theseus things thought Timoleon toil told took tried Trojans Troy tyrant Ulysses victory wandered wicked wife wisdom wise wished Xerxes young
Népszerű szakaszok
110. oldal - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
124. oldal - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him,
103. oldal - And deep-asleep he seemed, yet all awake, And music in his ears his beating heart did make. They sat them down upon the yellow sand, Between the sun and moon upon the shore ; And sweet it was to dream of Fatherland. Of child, and wife, and slave ; but evermore Most weary seemed the sea, weary the oar, Weary the wandering fields of barren foam. Then some one said, "We will return no more" ; And all at once they sang, "Our island home Is far beyond the wave ; we will no longer roam.
229. oldal - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
134. oldal - A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
140. oldal - Pythian thus spoke in hexameter verse : " I know the number of the sands, and the measure of the sea ; I understand the dumb, and hear him that does not speak ; the savor of the hard-shelled tortoise boiled in brass with the flesh of lamb strikes on my senses ; brass is laid beneath it, and brass is put over it.
140. oldal - Responses were often enigmatic and at times even politically motivated. Croesus, the king of Lydia in Asia Minor who was known for his incredible wealth, sent messengers to the oracle at Delphi, asking whether he should go to war with the Persians. The oracle replied that if Croesus attacked the Persians, he would destroy a mighty empire. Overjoyed to hear these words, Croesus made war on the Persians but was crushed.
61. oldal - He used to tie all travellers who fell into his hands upon a bed : if they were shorter than the bed, he stretched their limbs till they were of the same length ; if they were longer than the bed, he made them of the same size by cutting off some of their limbs. He was slain by Theseus.
163. oldal - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?