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...d that Atlantis was enormous - bigger than Asia Minor (today, a part of Turkey) and Libya combined. It harbored a technologically advanced civiliza... ...ic civilization), through the Canary Islands to Scandinavia. Considering that many ancient civilizations - such as Troy, long considered a mere fab... ...s etched in our minds. The crossword puzzle appears to be a British institution, as ancient as the monarchy and a lot more rewarding. The surpri... ...reat_wall/ http://www.walkthewall.com/ Greek Philosophers There were so many ancient Greek thinkers that virtually every bit of modern knowle... ...onal hygiene was rediscovered only in the late 19th century, having been popular in ancient Greece and Rome almost two thousand years before. W... ...ulti-cellular organisms, such as plants and humans, evolved over billions of years. Ancient bacteria infiltrated the first eukaryotic cells - i.e., ... ... Yet, in the meantime, other territorial plans emerged: in Canada, Australia, Iraq, Libya, and Angola. Close to 10,000 Jews settled in Texas. Stalin...

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...contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. -- 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millennia, but Hindus in India and the Arabs unveil the numerical tools needed for modern science to emerge in the West. -- 12. Invaders from the North Scan...

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...e East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millen... ...he printed word have been used. They can let you move from the peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to ... ...heir memories. Boorstin relates awesome mnemonic skills that bloomed in ancient times. Take, for instance, the legendary Greek lyric poet Simonide... ... imagination with places to warehouse his memory.‖ The accuracy of our ancient forbearers‘ spoken messages rested solely upon the listener‘s memo... ...ct the sharing of problem-solving knowledge. The magic of writing broke ancient tribal bonds and passed the tribal chiefs‘ powers to warrior-leade... ...s math system finally reached Europe, it had long been in common use from Libya to Morocco. That‘s probably why we call them ―Arabic numerals.‖ Arab...

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...ven by both Fabricius and Bekker. References to Diogenes Laertius and other ancient works have been carefully verified. The principal modern authors... ...e that he was not named Empiricus for that reason. There is one instance in ancient writings where Empiricus is known as a simple proper name. [1] ... ... one. Of these references a large number, however, relate to the customs of Libya, showing a minute knowledge in regard to the political and religio... ...displays in regard to no other country except Egypt. [2] Fabricius thinks Libya was not his birth place because of a reference which he makes to it... ...he people whom he was then addressing were not familiar with the nations of Libya. Suidas speaks of two men called Sextus, one from Chæronea and one... ...bya. Suidas speaks of two men called Sextus, one from Chæronea and one from Libya, both of whom he calls Sceptics, and to one of whom he attributes ... ...oks of Sextus Empiricus furnish us with the best and fullest presentation of ancient Scepticism which has been preserved to modern times, and give Se... ...ould be divided into ten different parts; there is evidence to show that in ancient times such a division was made. [1] There were two other works ... ...selves with it. [2] It was a question much discussed among philosophers in ancient times, whether Pyrrhonism should be considered a philosophical s...

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...ie of our Judgement XLVIII. Of Steeds, called in French Destriers XLIX. Of ancient Customes L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus LI. Of the Vanitie of Word... ... than the best, disclaimeth all memorie, authorities, or borrowing of the ancient or moderne; whereas in course of his discourse he seemes acquainte... ...all meanes and compass to bee expressed by teares.' The invention of that ancient Painter might happily fit this purpose, who in the sacrifice of Ip... ... a more authenticall testimonie of humane imbecilitie, it is noted by our Ancients that Diodorus the Logician, being surprised with an extreme passi... ...ing by shooting of arrowes to draw God to some reason. Now, as saith that ancient Poet in Plutarch, Point ne se faut corroucer aux affaires, Il ne ... ...s, and there in person shew them. Place three Frenchmen in the deserts of Libya, and they will never live one moneth together without brawling, falli...

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...isdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Decapitation Pg... ... Daoist Priest told him that this is what the original Yin-Yang symbol of the ancient concept of Duality looked like before the Daoist Duality of Ev... ... and regardless of size. By using the theoretical abstract straight line of ancient Greek geometry and abstract mathematics which does not exist i... ...with Daoism may mark the similarity between what I have written here, and the ancient Eastern teachings of Dualism, or Daoism. However: the ancient... ...wards. This graveness of spirit which became known as gravity comes from the ancient Latin word ‘gravitas’. These swindles of misperception go all... ... It did not work in Vietnam. It did not work in Panama. It did not work in Libya. It did not work in Iraq. It is not working in Afghanistan… B... ...ations bullied by the west is a long one. The USSSR, China, Korea. Vietnam. Libya. Panama. Argentina. All the poor African nations at one time ...

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...he Ugly American's alliances and allegiances shift kaleidoscopically. Pakistan and Libya were transmuted from foes to allies in the fortnight prior... ...while casting a disdainful glance at the native waiter). To them it looks like an ancient force of nature and, therefore, an inevitability - hence... ...uggernaut without precedent. Though history rarely repeats itself in details - both Ancient Rome and Byzantium hold relevant - albeit very limited -... ...he Ugly American's alliances and allegiances shift kaleidoscopically. Pakistan and Libya were transmuted from foes to allies in the fortnight prior... ...istan's own international status. Afghanistan is an historical buffer zone in the ancient Great Game of Central Eurasia. It is the gateway through... ... This reflects both high trade barriers ... and the deep isolation Iran, Iraq and Libya have brought on themselves through violence and support fo... ...isia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Turkey. Libya has an observer status and Cyprus and Malta have joined th... ...lan involves immoral or even illegal acts. As international law evolves beyond the ancient percepts of sovereignty, it should incorporate new think... ...lan involves immoral or even illegal acts. As international law evolves beyond the ancient percepts of sovereignty, it should incorporate new think...

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...e East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millen... ...he printed word have been used. They can let you move from the peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to ... ... their memories. Boorstin relates awesome mnemonic skills that bloomed in ancient times. Take, for instance, the legendary Greek lyric poet Simonide... ...is imagination with places to warehouse his memory.‖ The accuracy of our ancient forbearers‘ spoken messages rested solely upon the listener‘s memo... ...rict the sharing of problem-solving knowledge. The magic of writing broke ancient tribal bonds and passed the tribal chiefs‘ powers to warrior-leade... ...s math system finally reached Europe, it had long been in common use from Libya to Morocco. That‘s probably why we call them ―Arabic numerals.‖ Arab...

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...133 Korea, South 134 Kuwait 136 Laos 137 Lebanon 138 Lesotho 140 Liberia 142 Libya 143 Liechtenstein 144 Luxembourg 146 M Macau 147 Madagascar 148 Mal... ...California combined Land boundaries: 5,987 km total Boundary disputes: none; Libya claims Aozou Strip in far north; Libyan troops occupy northern Chad... ...hampered by prolonged tribal and regional antagonisms; one rebel group (with Libyan backing) occupies the northern third of Chad (Aozou Strip) Member ... ...0.5% Italy, 8.3% FRG, 5.2% Iraq; exports (1984) 17% UK, 14.1% Lebanon, 11.4% Libya, 7.5% Saudi Arabia, 3.4% USSR; Turkish sector- imports (1984) 46% T... ... 3 sub- marine coaxial cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; radio-relay to Libya Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command... ...); dry season is cooler (May to November) Terrain: generally undulating with ancient volcanic peaks, deep ravines Land use: NA% arable land; NA% perma... ... Language: English (official); Norfolk a mixture of 18th Century English and ancient Tahitian Literacy: probably high Government Official name: Territ...

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...y one should imagine I am not in earnest, I desire him to reflect that the ancients (to say the least of them) had as much genius as we: and that to t... ...ll that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the ancients; and it will be found true, that, in every age, the highest charac... ...ore they who say our thoughts are not our own, be- cause they resemble the ancients, may as well say our faces are not our own, because they are like ... ...– V olume One seems to have been the first employment of mankind, the most ancient sort of poetry was probably pastoral. It is natu- ral to imagine, t... ...s probably pastoral. It is natu- ral to imagine, that the leisure of those ancient shepherds admitting and inviting some diversion, none was so proper... ...me One VARIATIONS. VER. 48-5l—Originally thus in the MS.— With him through Libya’s burning plains I’ll go, On Alpine mountains tread the eternal snow;... ...nd bid alternate passions fall and rise! While, at each change, the son of Libyan Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce ... ...tical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One And his horn’d head belied the Libyan god. There Cæsar, graced with both Minervas, shone; Cæsar, the world...

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...ng as he made thee swear. 7 So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao’s house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. 8 And ... ...nd this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go and gather together the ancients of Is- rael, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fath... ... he had commanded. 29 And they came together, and they assem- bled all the ancients of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which ... ...ur habitations you shall eat unleavened bread. 21 And Moses called all the ancients of the children of Israel, and said to them: Go take a lamb by you... ...nd the Lord said to Moses: Go before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Is- rael: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst str... ... the people were with- out number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit, Libyans, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians. 4 And he took the strongest citie... ... king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding grea... ... all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambas- sadors, who coming to Holofernes, said... ...in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopi- ans, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows. ...

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...nautica By Apollonius Rhodius (fl. 3rd Century B.C.) Originally written in Ancient Greek sometime in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Alexandrian poet Apol... ...nautica By Apollonius Rhodius (fl. 3rd Century B.C.) Originally written in Ancient Greek sometime in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Alexandrian poet Apo... ...killed in the seer’s art, should wander and perish in the furthest ends of Libya. For no ill is too remote for mortals to incur, seeing that they buri... ...no ill is too remote for mortals to incur, seeing that they buried them in Libya, as far from the Colchians as is the space that is seen between the s... ...ar from Haemonia and placed her among the nymphs of the land, who dwelt in Libya near the Myrtosian height. And here to Phoebus she bore Aristaeus who... ... as guardian of their city, and to build their city round the trunk of the ancient wild olive; but they, instead of the god fearing Aeolid Idmon, at t... ...o set foot on Achaea, until they had toiled even in the furthest bounds of Libya. (ll. 1228 1250) Now had they left behind the gulf named after the A... ...t of the north wind seized them in mid course and swept them to wards the Libyan sea nine nights and as many days, until they came far within Syrtis,...

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...ivil disobedience or revolt. Now, when we con- sider how intimate, and how ancient, was the connection 9 Thomas de Quincey press voice of God. Such a... ...lating general expres- sions (such as recorded a moral indignation against ancient fallacies or evasions connected with the dispute) into direct ebull... ... saw young Mrs. Harvey, as well as Colonel Watson. And amongst them was an ancient German gentle- man, to what century belonging I do not know, who ha... ...the other, sad, fuscous, begrimed with the snuff of ages, namely, the most ancient Schreiber. Ah! if they could have been divided—these twin yoke-fell... ...ly; such me- mentos, I mean, as, by reviving painful recollections of that ancient Schreiber, who was or ought to be by this time ex- tinct, would nat... ...ned to be diseased, but that he was admonished to prepare for colo- nizing Libya.—“Grant me patience,” would Battus reply; “here am I getting into yea...

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...he prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with des... ...ense went up. 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers o... ...n upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. 7 And he said unto them, Defile th... ...mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. 9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all th... ...her multitude, and her foun dations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the ... ...saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, T... ...bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his b...

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...ry in Crete; that the Cretans, in former times, to acquit themselves of an ancient vow which they had made, were used to send an offering of the first... ...oddess had the name of Epitrapia. When he arrived at Crete, as most of the ancient histori- ans as well as poets tell us, having a clue of thread give... ...ary , which name signifies purification, and the very day of the feast was anciently called Februata; but its name is equivalent to the Greek Lycaea; ... ... and awe of him; many foreign nations, too, showed respect to Romulus; the Ancient Latins sent, and entered into league and confederacy with him. Fide... ...s so called because the citizens were called Quirites; others, because the ancients called a dart or spear Quiris; thus, the statue of Juno resting on... ...; but Alcibiades dreamed of nothing less than the conquest of Carthage and Libya, and by the accession of these conceiv- ing himself at once made mast... ...laces, drawing on the ground the figure of the island and the situation of Libya and Carthage. Socrates the phi- losopher and Meton the astrologer are... ...san shall Hannibal enclose. He interpreted this to be meant of the African Libya, and that he should be buried in Carthage; as if he might yet ex- pec... ...we will use these as forerunners of greater things; who could forbear from Libya and Carthage then within reach, which Agathocles, even when forced to...

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...n into their in- terior caves—those caves in which lay buried the bones of ancient kings, whose very names seem to have come to us almost from another... ...now riding through cultivated ground, with the vast extent of the sands of Libya before them. The two Pyramids were standing on the margin of the sand... ... of the Pyramid from which she could look forth alone towards the sands of Libya. In the mean time another little overture was being made on the top o...

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...lso, was Diodorus, a great conqueror, who brought the greatest part of the Libyan tribes under his subjection, with an army of Greeks, raised out of t... ... there was a man, named Diopithes, at Sparta, who had a great knowledge of ancient oracles, and was thought particularly skillful and clever in all po... ...ian expeditions against them. Out of the fore- sight of which it was, that anciently Lycurgus, in three sev- eral laws, forbade them to make many wars... ...ficient to recover the glory of it, and to raise it to 82 V olume Two its ancient greatness. For as we see in human bodies, long used to a very stric... ...ace. When Epaminondas restored Messene, and recalled from all quarters the ancient citizens to inhabit it, they were not able to obstruct the design, ... ...from Agesilaus; who was slain by Leonidas, while attempting to restore the ancient discipline of Sparta. 89 Plutarch’s Lives POMP POMP POMP POMP POMP... ...re, and ran himself through. But Cleomenes sailed from Aegialia, landed in Libya, and being honorably conducted through the king’s country, came to Al... ...ecompensed as they deserved, made him not follow Caesar with the army into Libya. However, Cae- sar, by dealing gently with his errors, seems to have ... ...hrones for their children, he proclaimed Cleopatra queen of Egypt, Cyprus, Libya, and Coele-Syria, and with her conjointly Caesarion, the reputed son ...

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... was the immediate cause for fashioning the Round Table, a magical object. Ancient sources prove that the Celts had a grievous habit of quarrelling ab... ...ed his realm in peace, righted all wrongs, and restored the kingdom to its ancient borders, he took to wife a certain fresh and noble maiden, named Gu... ...suffer a stranger to meddle in their business, lest he should deem them an ancient and feeble people, and give to outland folk what was due to the dwe... ... with these princes and earls before him, there entered in his hall twelve ancient men, white and greyheaded, full richly arrayed in seemly raiment. T... ...adors who had dared deliver the mes sage. They pressed about those twelve ancient men, with many wild and mocking words. Arthur rose hastily to his f... ... came Micipsa, and from Spain, Aliphatma. From Media came King Bocus, from Libya, Sertonus, from Bithyma, Polydetes, and from Idumea, King Xerxes Must... ...omrades from these barons. He committed this company to Sertorius, lord of Libya, and Evander, the King of Syria. With these princes were Caritius and... ...ians fled before him, leaving the Britons on the field. Sertorius, King of Libya, beheld this adventure, and was passing wroth. He had with him a grea... ...rk a champion, till in his path stood neither great nor small. The King of Libya—Sertorius to name—was a lord exceeding rich. Arthur struck the head f...

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...ere is nothing in the between but get ting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, steal ing, fighting—Hark you now! Would any but these boiled ... ...self born hour To plant and o’erwhelm custom. Let me pass The same I am, ere ancient’st order was Or what is now received: I witness to The times that... ...t our ages With flowers of winter. PERDITA: Sir, the year growing ancient, Not yet on summer’s death, nor on the birth Of trembling winter,... ...ave given already, But not deliver’d. O, hear me breathe my life Before this ancient sir, who, it should seem, Hath sometime loved! I take thy hand, t... ...adventure of her person? FLORIZEL: Good my lord, She came from Libya. LEONTES: Where the warlike Smalus, That noble honor’d lo... ...an shores dismiss’d; Who for Bohemia bend, to signify Not only my success in Libya, sir, But my arrival and my wife’s in safety Here where we are. LEO...

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...do, Calderon, Garcilaso de la Vega, the Mendozas, Gongora, were all men of ancient families, and, curiously, all, except the last, of fami- lies that ... ...though nominally taken from the castle, it was in reality derived from the ancient territorial possession of the family, and as a set-off, and to dist... ...a knight. “For, how could you expect me not to feel uneasy about what that ancient lawgiver they call the Public will say when it sees me, after slumb... ...azy down, mounted his celebrated steed Rocinante and began to traverse the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel;’” which in fact he was actually traver... ...elf somewhat in this fashion: “Happy the age, happy the time, to which the ancients gave the name of golden, not because in that fortunate age the gol... ...ant youth, and so may God Thy enterprises speed, Didst thou the light mid Libya’s sands Or Jaca’s rocks first see? Did scaly serpents give thee suck...

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..., courteous to all, without seeking to vie with those whose nobility is of ancient date, depend upon it, Teresa, no one will remember what he was, and... ...e, well and good; but to suppose that I am going to disturb or unhinge the ancient usage of knight-errantry, is all nonsense. And so, my Sancho, get y... ...he emperor was anxious to see that famous temple of the Rotunda, called in ancient times the temple ‘of all the gods,’ but now-a-days, by a better nom... ...he field or not sleeping under a roof Rocinante was not to be stripped—the ancient usage established and observed by knights- errant being to take off... ... winds blew for more than a week. Another time I was ordered to lift those ancient stones, the mighty bulls of Guisando, an enterprise that might more... ...ant youth, and so may God Thy enterprises speed, Didst thou the light mid Libya’s sands Or Jaca’s rocks first see? Did scaly serpents give thee suck...

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... precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And... ...ourses fought against Sisera. 21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength... ...thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be... ...esieged places. 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that th... ... and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plant... ..., ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopi- ans and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the ... ...y her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the ... ...bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his b... ...f gold and of silver, and over all the pre- cious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of the...

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...d detect in the burlesque figures of the popular account the heroes of the ancient Germanic Legend. *A is a parchment MS. of the second half of the th... ...ut that it took its rise in Germany along the banks of the Rhine among the ancient tribe of the Franks, as is shown by the many geographical names tha... ... home of the legend. In the ninth century, when Harald Harfagr changed the ancient free con- stitution of the land, many Norwegians emigrated to Ice- ... ...8 The Nibelungenlied the heroic valor, the death-despising stoicism of the ancient Germans, before which the masters of the world, the all- conquering... ...ection with the saga will be found in the introduction. (8) “Worms” is the ancient “Borbetomagus”, which in the first century B.C. was the chief city ... ...eat marvels of these shining weeds. From the kingdom of Mo- rocco and from Libya, too, they had great store of the fairest silks which the kith of any... ...the maid put on, which sword had never cut in any fray, of silken cloth of Libya. Well was it wrought. Bright embroidered edging was seen to shine the...

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...of pluralist sinecures in the Church. History and tra dition, whether of ancient or comparatively recent times, are subjected to very different hand... ... comparative inferiority of the Odyssey to the Iliad; and, among a mass of ancient authors, whose very names it would be tedious to detail, no suspici... ...lly put it; and it has been considered incumbent on those who defended the ancient aggregate character of the Iliad and Odyssey, to maintain that they... ... portant ally of the Peloponnesian sovereign: the pre eminent value of the ancient poetry on the T rojan war may thus have forced the national feeling... ...n much more likely to have emanated from an Athenian synod of compilers of ancient song, than an Achilleid or an Odysseid. Could France have given bir... ...his faithless roof I stay’d, Till the swift sun his annual circle made. To Libya then he mediates the way; With guileful art a stranger to betray, And...

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... spirits of those who lived virtuously but without Christianity.?Greeting of Virgil by his fellow poets.?They enter a castle, where are the shades of ancient worthies.?Virgil and Dante depart. ..................................................... 24 CANTO V. The Second Circle, that of Carnal Sinners.?Minos.?Shades renowned of old.?Francesca da Rimini. 27 CANTO VI. The Thir...

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...tle, wher castle, wher castle, where ar e ar e ar e ar e are the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the s... ...or e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient worthies.—V thies.—V thies.—V thies.—V ... ... eternal place where thou shalt hear the despairing shrieks, shalt see the ancient spirits woeful who each proclaim the second death. And then thou sh... ...f every cruel one, rose and came to the place where I was, seated with the ancient Rachel. She said, “Beatrice, true praise of God, why dost thou not ... ... from speaking. And lo! coming toward us in a boat, an old man, white with ancient hair, crying, “Woe to you, wicked souls! hope not ever to see Heave... ...ents, and of such hideous look that the memory still curdles my blood. Let Libya with her sand vaunt herself no more; for though she brings forth chel...

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.... Patrick Henry stood firmly opposed to the new US Constitution and for those of us alive today watching the plunder and looting of cultures in Iraq, Libya and Syria, not to mention our own failing infrastructure and social services, it’s quite easy to see why. At the convention Hamilton proposed a permanent president and senate, with all political power in the national...

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...e…. And the armed image of the goddess which was 5 Plato dedicated by the ancient Athenians is an evidence to other ages that men and women had in th... ...ere endowed with intelligence and the love of beauty. The Acropolis of the ancient Athens extended to the Ilissus and Eridanus, and included the Pnyx,... ...to and from the royal palace which they built in the centre is- land. This ancient palace was ornamented by successive generations; and they dug a can... ... then let us hear you sound the praises and show forth the virtues of your ancient citizens. CRITIAS: Friend Hermocrates, you, who are stationed last ... ... of Atlantis, which, as I was saying, was an island greater in extent than Libya and Asia, and when afterwards sunk by an earthquake, became an impass... ...been provided, but not before. And this is the reason why the names of the ancients have been preserved to us and not their actions. This I infer be- ...

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...leopard crouching among the bamboos. On the other side of the tables was a Libyan of colossal stature, and with short black curly hair. He had retaine... ...ative land. She now, carried away by the memories of Carthage, sang of the ancient battles against Rome; they applauded. She kindled at the gleaming o... ...es with closed eyelids enjoying the agitation of all these men. Matho, the Libyan, leaned over towards her. Involuntarily she approached him, and impe... ...foli- age of the columns, or amid the branches of a palm tree. Some of the Ancients were posted on the platform of the towers, and people did not know... ...ffs, gazelles, and pan- 20 Salammbo thers following behind them. Women of Libyan race, mounted on asses, inveighed against the Negresses who had fors... ...for the pilgrims who re- paired to Sicca. They were closed like tombs. The Libyans struck great blows upon the doors to have them opened. But no one i... ... surprised, Hanno told them that, their accounts being very difficult, the Ancients had not had leisure to examine them. Meanwhile they had sent them ... ...evertheless, since it was his will, choose a husband among the sons of the Ancients, and then your grief will pass away in a man’s arms.” “Why?” asked... ...s. His colleague Gisco, on the other hand, wished them to be paid. But the Ancients detested him owing to his popularity; for they dreaded the risk of...

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...; and after him came his son, who ruled all the accessible part of Egypt and Libya; the third king was Darius, who extended the land boundaries of the... ...ral considerations which equally affect all evidence to the genu- ineness of ancient writings are the following: Shorter works are more likely to have... ...sical author, are also of doubtful credit; while there is no instance of any ancient writing proved to be a forgery, which combines excellence with le... ...writ- ings. Indeed the greater part of the evidence for the genuine- ness of ancient Greek authors may be summed up under two heads only: (1) excellen... ...hich pass under the name of Plato, if we exclude the works re- jected by the ancients themselves and two or three other plausible inventions, can be f...

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... pal design of wisdom; for to comprise it all in one word, says one of the ancients, and to contract all the rules of human life into one, “it is to w... ...dent,” as the motto of our Talebot has it. ’Tis no wonder, says one of the ancients, that chance has so great a dominion over us, since it is by chanc... ... discourse; for besides that I easily submit my belief to the authority of ancient opinions, I look upon it indeed as an unmanly and stupid vice, but ... ...vours of the god. There is more time and constancy re- quired than so. The ancients spent whole nights in this exer- cise, and ofttimes added the day ... ... not interrupt his dinner or break his sleep is inexcusable. And there was anciently at Rome, the consular place, as they called it, which was the mos... ...re to show them what fools we are. Put three Frenchmen into the deserts of Libya, they will not live a month together without fighting; so that you wo...

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...f an Indian warrior, making haste from the high places of the earth to its ancient reservoir. The murmurs of many a famous river on the other side of ... ...Above the petty Province here, And Britain far away; Some hero of the ancient mould, Some arm of knightly worth, Of strength unbought, and f... ...imackRivers the dog. This natural bugle long resounded in the woods of the ancient world before the horn was invented. The very dogs that sullenly bay... ...leep already under moss grown monuments,—outgrow their usefulness. This is ancient Billerica, (Villarica?) now in its dotage, named from the English B... ...words by which he deeded his hunting grounds away. He comes with a list of ancient Saxon, Norman, and Celtic names, and strews them up and down this r... ...ives the following account of the origin of Thera, whence, in after times, Libyan Cyrene was settled by Battus. Triton, in the form of Eurypylus, pres... ... minds forgot. And now in this island the imperishable seed of spacious Libya Is spilled before its hour.” It is a beautiful fable, also related...

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...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... ... of no other creature breathing, except the Indian ass and the dorcades of Libya, they used in old times to play at the royal game of dice, whereat Au...

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...and Rhipaean heights The world mounts upward, likewise sinks it down T oward Libya and the south, this pole of ours Still towering high, that other, ‘... ... it, he too would list to learn How many sand grains are by Zephyr tossed On Libya’s plain, or wot, when Eurus falls With fury on the ships, how many ... ...town on town Up rugged precipices heaved and reared, And rivers undergliding ancient walls. Or should I celebrate the sea that laves Her upper shores ... ...n; they Strip their tough bodies for the rustic sport. Such life of yore the ancient Sabines led, Such Remus and his brother: Etruria thus, Doubt not,... ...onqueror, then love’s loss Avenged not; with one glance toward the byre, His ancient royalties behind him lie. So with all heed his strength he practi... ...r is fierce, Most deadly then the tigress: then, alack! Ill roaming is it on Libya’s lonely plains. Mark you what shivering thrills the horse’s frame,... ... the running wave: But at day’s hottest seek a shadowy vale, Where some vast ancient timbered oak of Jove Spreads his huge branches, or where huddling... ...h halcyon’s song the shore, And every thicket with the goldfinch rings. Of Libya’s shepherds why the tale pursue? Why sing their pastures and the sc... ...e rose Forestalled him with the fetters; he nathless, All unforgetful of his ancient craft, Transforms himself to every wondrous thing, Fire and a fea...

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...l place, Where thou shalt hear the desperate lamentations, Shalt see the ancient spirits disconsolate, Who cry out each one for the second death; ... ...s, Hastened away, and came unto the place Where I was sitting with the ancient Rachel. “Beatrice” said she, “the true praise of God, Why succour... ...ine eyes he loosed, and said: “Direct the nerve Of vision now along that ancient foam, There yonder where that smoke is most intense.” Even as the... ... and of the rest I speak not.” Thereon he hid himself; and I towards The ancient poet turned my steps, reflecting Upon that saying, which seemed h... ...ur depraved city.” Ah me! what wounds I saw upon their limbs, Recent and ancient by the flames burnt in! It pains me still but to remember it. Unt... ... such a monstrous kind, That the remembrance still congeals my blood Let Libya boast no longer with her sand; For if Chelydri, Jaculi, and Phareae...

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..., or rather on our way thither, we talked the matter over, and he told us an ancient tradition, which I wish, Critias, that you would repeat to Socrat... ... goddess, on this her day of festival. SOCRATES: Very good. And what is this ancient famous action of the Athenians, which Critias de clared, on the ... ... in mind you are all young; there is no old opinion handed down among you by ancient tradition, nor any science which is hoary with age. And I will te... ...e up from below; for which reason the traditions preserved here are the most ancient. The fact is, that wherever the extrem ity of winter frost or of... ...o begin all over again like children, and know nothing of what hap pened in ancient times, either among us or among yourselves. As for those genealog... ... which are by you called the Pillars of Heracles; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from t... ... continent, and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as fa...

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...as Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Jordan still sur- vive today.Those in Egypt, Libya, Iraq, and Y emen were eventually overthrown by secular nationalist r... ...d groups from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jor- dan, Lebanon, Iraq, Oman, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Somalia, and Eritrea.Al Qaeda also established coo... ...governments in the region, such as those of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and even Libya, which were targets of some of these groups, added their own pres- su... ...numbered came when the government advised him that it intended to yield to Libya’s demands to stop giving sanctuary to its enemies. Bin Ladin had to t... ...demands to stop giving sanctuary to its enemies. Bin Ladin had to tell the Libyans who had been part of his Islamic army that he could no longer prote... .... Al Qaeda frequently moved the money it raised by hawala, an informal and ancient trust-based system for transferring funds. 124 In some ways, al Qae...

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...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... ... 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... ...the feeble Pygmies; and to the tribes of the boundless Black-skins and the Libyans. Huge 104 Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Earth bare these... ...erance (33) might be subject to the gods and suffer harm — Aethiopians and Libyans and mare-milking Scythians. For verily Epaphus was the child of the... ... was the child of the almighty Son of Cronos, and from him sprang the dark Libyans, and high- souled Aethiopians, and the Underground-folk and feeble ... ...hodius, Arg. iv. 259: But Hesiod (says).... they came through the Ocean to Libya, and so, carrying the Argo, reached our sea. Fragment #46 — Scholiast... ...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 ...

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... been al- ways excessive and habitual. I was aware, however, that his very ancient family had been noted, time out of mind, for a peculiar sensibility... ... forget, “would leave him (him the hopeless and the frail) the last of the ancient race of the Ushers.” While he spoke, the lady Madeline (for so was ... ... his hand upon my head. “The region of which I speak is a dreary region in Libya, by the borders of the river Zaire. And there is no quiet there, nor ... ...r of gigantic and gnarled trees, and where all the houses were excessively ancient. In truth, it was a dream-like and spirit-soothing place, that ven-... ...sing in endless irregularity, were innumer- able benches and desks, black, ancient, and time-worn, piled desperately with much-bethumbed books, and so...

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...f the subject, sadness and gladness have each been emphasized in turn. The ancient saying that the first maker of the Gods was fear receives volu- min... ...s freedom from all moral sophistry and strain, gives a pathetic dignity to ancient pagan feeling. And this quality Whitman’s outpourings have not got.... ..., it is true, to persons for whom the conception of salvation has lost its ancient theological meaning, but who labor nevertheless with the same etern... ...was strange was that this energy that came back was nothing new. It was my ancient juvenile force of faith, the belief that the sole purpose of my lif... ...e greatest part of the night in ecstasies of joy, praising and adoring the Ancient of Days for his free and unbounded grace. After I had been so long ... ... cause of the cold which drives it into the warm parts of the heavens over Libya. Or listen to Saint Augustine’s speculations: “Who gave to chaff such...

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...went on with lucky speed, And reared rams their horned fronts advance, The Ancient Foe to man, and mortal seed, His wannish eyes upon them bent askanc... ...side defends, Tunis all towns in beauty, wealth and pride Above, as far as Libya’s bounds extends; Gainst which, from fair Sicilia’s fertile side, His... ...X “I think,” quoth he, “on this distressed town, The aged Queen of Judah’s ancient land, Now lost, now sacked, spoiled and trodden down, Whose fall in...

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...went on with lucky speed, And reared rams their horned fronts advance, The Ancient Foe to man, and mortal seed, His wannish eyes upon them bent askanc... ...side defends, Tunis all towns in beauty, wealth and pride Above, as far as Libya’s bounds extends; Gainst which, from fair Sicilia’s fertile side, His... ...X “I think,” quoth he, “on this distressed town, The aged Queen of Judah’s ancient land, Now lost, now sacked, spoiled and trodden down, Whose fall in...