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A Treatise on Government Translated from the Greek of Aristotle

By: William Ellis A. M.

.... W allace, Outlines of the Philosophy of Aristotle, 1875, 1880; A. Grant (Ancient Classics for English readers), 1877; T. Davidson, Aristotle and Anc... ...nt citizens; and poverty is the cause of sedition and evil. Now Phidon the Corinthian, one of the oldest legislators, thought the families and the num... ...strengthen the bands of soci- ety, seems to have been known to some of the ancients; for Solon made a law, as did some others also, to restrain per- s... ...sfortuue has befallen them. They were 55 Aristotle also to preserve their ancient patrimony, which custom be- ing broken through by the Leucadians, m... ...seful in other sciences. Thus the science of physic is extended beyond its ancient bounds; so is the gymnastic, and indeed all other arts and powers; ... ...ay also be affirmed, that experience itself gives a proof of this; for the ancient laws are too simple and barba- rous; which allowed the Greeks to we... ...ced in view of each other, but so disposed, that one of them looks towards Corinth, the other does not; the reason they give for this is, that Diodes,... ... his mother’s passion, would have his tomb so placed that no one could see Corinth from it; but Philolaus chose that it might be seen from his: and th... ...ether, as, for in- 92 A Treatise on Government stance, enclose Megara and Corinth in a wall, yet they would not be one city, not even if the inhabita...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

... of baseness: and yet this was the brief analysis of a devotee amongst the ancient Ro- mans. Now, considering that the word religion is originally Rom... ...ustered to such a derivation: but the last of the three is conclusive. The ancients never did view morality as a mode of obligation: I affirm this per... ...hronism. It is the anachro- nism of unconsciously reflecting back upon the ancient reli- gions of darkness, and as if essential to all religions, feat... ...lind terror, as against power in the hands of divine wickedness, arose the ancient religions of Paganism. Because the gods were wicked, man was religi... ...he other hand, for a mere ‘cultus’ to attempt conversions, is nonsense. An ancient Roman could have had no motive for bringing you over to the worship... ...51 Thomas de Quincey then in agitation, for cutting through the isthmus of Corinth; the main body, amounting to thirty thousand, were sold for slaves;...

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Master Francis Rabelais Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

By: Thomas Urquhart

...cy furnished by literature as well as by the popular taste. Was it not the Ancients that began it? Aristophanes, Catullus, Petronius, Martial, flew in... ...ent that Rabelais only collected popular tra- ditions and gave new life to ancient legends is said to be proved by the large number of megalithic monu... ...larity of his novel. No one has ever yet produced a written passage or any ancient testimony to prove the existence of the name before Rabelais. To pl... ...idoted Fanfreluches: or, a Galimatia of extrava- gant Conceits found in an ancient Monument. No sooner did the Cymbrians’ overcomer Pass through the a... ...d of the monsters and tyrants wherewith it was suppressed. My masters, the ancient Pantagruelists, have confirmed that which I say, and withal declare... ...e the second time. Shortly after this there came towards me a pretty young Corinthian wench, who brought me a boxful of conserves, of round Mirabolan ... ... Sinopian. When Philip, King of Macedon, enterprised the siege and ruin of Corinth, the Corinthians having received certain in- telligence by their sp... ...ved or old, who made not her harness to be well furbished; as you know the Corinthian women of old were reputed very courageous combatants. Diogenes s... ...stographs, away went he out of town towards a little hill or promontory of Corinth called (the) Cranie; and there on the strand, a pretty level place,...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...d through that town. On a hill overlooking this town stands the tomb of an ancient king; and it was understood that the inhabitants ven- erated this t... ... the troops west of the Alleghanies, he could have marched to Chattanooga, Corinth, Memphis and Vicksburg with the troops we then had, and as voluntee... ... at Pittsburg landing, five miles above Crump’s. The enemy was in force at Corinth, the junction of the two most important railroads in the Mississipp... ...the cotton states. Still an- 178 Personal Memoirs other railroad connects Corinth with Jackson, in west Ten- nessee. If we obtained possession of Cor... ... in motion for Pittsburg landing, knowing that the enemy was fortifying at Corinth and collecting an army there under Johnston. It was my expectation ... ...ver was the place to start from. Pittsburg is only about twenty miles from Corinth, and Hamburg landing, four miles further up the river, is a mile or...

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Sophocles Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone

By: F. Storr

... delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King or Corinth. Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing tha... ... Fluttered with vague surmise; nor present nor future is clear. Quarrel of ancient date or in days still near know I none Twixt the Labdacidan house a... ...ou to hear My tale of dire adventures? Listen then. My sire was Polybus of Corinth, and My mother Merope, a Dorian; And I was held the foremost citize... ...cowed like mariners Who see their helmsman dumbstruck in the storm. [Enter Corinthian MESSENGER.] MESSENGER My masters, tell me where the palace is Of... ...8 OEDIPUS Who is this man, and what his news for me? JOCASTA He comes from Corinth and his message this: Thy father Polybus hath passed away. OEDIPUS ... ...ine own mother, and shed With my own hands the blood of my own sire. Hence Corinth was for many a year to me A home distant; and I trove abroad, But m... ...ER Those ankle joints are evidence enow. OEDIPUS Ah, why remind me of that ancient sore? MESSENGER I loosed the pin that riveted thy feet. OEDIPUS Yes... ... aged sire s, Whom here I find a castaway, with you, In a strange land, an ancient beggar clad In antic tatters, marring all his frame, While o er the...

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Hesiod the Homeric Hymns and Homerica

By: Hugh G. Evelyn White

...he fair grove of Nemean Zeus.’ Avoiding therefore Nemea on the Isthmus of Corinth, to which he supposed the oracle to refer, Hesiod retired to Oenoe ... ...in sections. a) After the pre- lude, which Pausanias failed to find in the ancient copy en- graved on lead seen by him on Mt. Helicon, comes a general... ...Cycle may be noticed first. The “Titanomachy,” ascribed both to Eumelus of Corinth and to Arctinus of Miletus, began with a kind of Theogony which tol... ... regarded as either devotional or liturgical. The Hymn is doubtless a very ancient form; but if no example of extreme antiquity survive this must be p... ...ocuments such as the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, or are quoted by various ancient authors. These poetic fragments clearly antedate the Life itself, w... ...of course, mere romance; its only val- ues are 1) the insight it give into ancient speculations about Homer; 2) a certain amount of definite informati... ...Fragment #61 — Eustathius, Hom. 112. 44 sq: It should be observed that the ancient narrative hands down the account that Patroclus was even a kinsman ... ...Aegina and in Mases, sons of the Achaeans, and shadowy Megara and frowning Corinthus, and Hermione and Asine which lie along the sea; for he was famou... ...ider the poem ancient — calls the tables tripods. Fragment #5 — Gregory of Corinth, On Forms of Speech (Rhett. Gr. vii. 776): ‘But when they had done ...

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The Aeneid of Virgil

By: Virgil

...cise their spite in human woe? Against the Tiber’s mouth, but far away, An ancient town was seated on the sea; A T yrian colony; the people made Stout... ...’n were kind, The seat of awful empire she design’d. Y et she had heard an ancient rumor fly, (Long cited by the people of the sky,) That times to com... ... of woes if I should run, The day would sooner than the tale be done! From ancient Troy, by force expell’d, we came If you by chance have heard the T... ... saw. The goblet goes around: Iopas brought His golden lyre, and sung what ancient Atlas taught: The various labors of the wand’ring moon, And whence ... ...ought me, from their blest abodes, The venerable statues of the gods, With ancient V esta from the sacred choir, The wreaths and relics of th’ immorta... ...hall in triumph ride, And to the Capitol his chariot guide, From conquer’d Corinth, rich with Grecian spoils. And yet another, fam’d for warlike toils...

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The Children of the Night

By: Edwin Arlington Robinson

...leafless now, a ghostly band Of skeletons in cold array. A lonely surge of ancient spray Told of an unforgetful sea, But iron blows had hushed for ... ...mbled and swayed with rapture vast (Long centuries have come and gone), This ancient plain, when night comes on, Shakes to a ghostly battle blast, Si... ...k pity on him and obeyed, And long stood looking where his hands had laid An ancient woman, shrunk to skin and bone. Far out beyond the forest I could... ...Was in their cheeks and women called them fair. Be sure, they met me with an ancient air, — And yes, there was a shop worn brotherhood About them; but... ...ng before The cruel threads of that black sail were spun, May loyal arms and ancient welcomings Receive him once again Who now no longer moves Here in... ...remark in me No sort of leaping giant, though some words Of mine to you from Corinth may have leapt A little through your eyes into your soul. I trust...

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