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...cus, they say, was ever esteemed a man of the greatest sanctity of all the Greeks; and Cychreus, the Salaminian, was honored at Athens with divine wor... ...fruits of their men to Delphi, and that some descendants of these Athenian slaves were mingled with them and sent amongst them, and, unable to get the... ...ow husbandry; and from this coin came the expression so frequent among the Greeks, of a thing being worth ten or a hundred oxen. After this he joined ... ...nstituted the games, in emulation of Hercules, being ambitious that as the Greeks, by that hero’s appoint- ment, celebrated the Olympian games to the ... ...ons nor fortunate in their events, which yet were never represented in the Greek plays. For he is said to have carried off Anaxo, a T roezenian, and, ... ...d, having pent them all up in one city, was using them as his subjects and slaves. He put also the meaner people into commotion, tell- ing them, that,... ...e city, near the present gymnasium. His tomb is a sanctuary and refuge for slaves, and all those of mean condition that fly from the persecution of me... ...r of vouchers was first published, in its chief particu- lars, amongst the Greeks by Diocles of Peparethus, whom Fabius Pictor also follows in most po... ... collected and took into their company a number of needy men and run- away slaves,—acts which looked like the first stages of rebel- lion. It so happe...

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...about our keel were enjoying an anerithmon gelasma (this is one of my four Greek quotations:depend on it I will manage to introduce the other three be... ...ree before the tour is done)—seemed to be enjoying, I say, the above-named Greek quotation at our expense. Here is the dismal log of Wednesday, 4th of... ...ed with it is disagreeable in my eyes; and I have the same recollection of Greek in youth that I have of castor-oil. So in coming in sight of the prom... ...f castor-oil. So in coming in sight of the promontory of Sunium, where the Greek Muse, in an awful vision, came to me, and said in a patronising way, ... ...s side to convey us travellers to shore. There were Russian schooners and Greek brigs lying in this little bay; dumpy little windmills whirling round... ... bubbling after their manner, the sun blaz- ing down on their backs, their slaves and keepers lying behind them in the shade: and the Caravan Bridge, ... ...in the marble halls, or lolling on the golden cushions, as the gaudy black slaves brought pipes and coffee. This tumultuous movement was calmed by thi... ... the town by parties of three or four, mounted on donkeys, and attended by slaves holding on at the crupper, to receive the lovely riders lest they sh... ...s strange and beautiful. In one of them there was an encamp- ment of negro slaves newly arrived: some scores of them were huddled against the sunny wa...

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...understand the nature of a general definition, he answers in the spirit of a Greek gentleman, and in the words of a poet, ‘that virtue is to delight i... ...his latent knowledge is further proved by the interrogation of one of Meno’s slaves, who, in the skilful hands of Socrates, is made to acknowledge som... ...ances of his life. Plato is silent about his treachery to the ten thou sand Greeks, which Xenophon has recorded, as he is also silent about the crime... ...time to acquire them. This is proved by an experiment tried on one of Meno’s slaves, from whom Socrates elic its truths of arithmetic and geometry , ... ...m and extend far beyond them, just as the mind is prior to the senses. Early Greek speculation culminates in the ideas of Plato, or rather in the sing... ...ut not yet taken out of their armoury. They were the late birth of the early Greek philosophy , and were the only part of it which has had an unin te... ...ay demonstrate on him. MENO: Certainly . Come hither , boy . SOCRATES: He is Greek, and speaks Greek, does he not? MENO: Y es, indeed; he was born in ... ...ble possessions if they are at liberty , for they will walk off like runaway slaves; but when fas tened, they are of great value, for they are really...

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...brother. That was only flattery and compliment. Goddesses were only in the Greek mythol- ogy, and were all over long ago!’ ‘But are we really going to... ...od quality. ‘Did he know any languages?’ ‘French, English, Latin, and some Greek.’ ‘And, Madame,’ added Lord Nithsdale, ‘not only is his French much b... ...es of the lagoons, in the carriage to the seaport of Cette, one of the old Greek towns of the Gulf of Lyon, and with a fine harbour full of ships. Mai... ...n her arms. She wore no ornaments, but did not seem to be classed with the slaves who ran about at the com- mands of the elder dame. However, his own ... ...inian, who, though dumb, was the most useful, ready, and alert of his five slaves. Every bargain seemed to occupy at least an hour, and perhaps Yusuf ... ...y heart that the moment of parting was come, he saw indeed the other three slaves busied in making bales of the merchandise; but the master, as well a... ...the night, laddie, I ha tell’t the sheyk;’ and he repeated the same to the slaves in Arabic, dismissing them to hold a parting feast on a lamb stuffed... ...id not like to appear before the French Consul. Mr. Thompson consulted his Greek clerk, and a chest belonging to a captured merchant- man, which had b... ... and thus saved them from undergo- ing vengeance for the sufferings of the Greeks. Thus the good old man felt that he owed a debt of gratitude which A...

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...that the British sell powder and munitions of war to all the world,—Turks, Greeks, and the devil, too, if the devil has money? From Zante we were to s... ...ge is indispensable for talking. Ali gave me five legitimate wives and ten slaves; that’s equivalent to hav- ing none at all at Janina. In the East, y... ...sents,—diamonds, ten thousand talari, one thousand gold coins, a beautiful Greek girl for groom, a little Circassian for a mistress, and an Arab horse... ... don’t cultivate at all; that’s their style of farming. The T urks and the Greeks, they eat onions or rise. They get opium from poppies, and it gives ... ... in my bal- cony. In the opposite balcony I saw a woman; oh! such a woman! Greek,—that tells all! The most beautiful creature in the town; almond eyes... ... worth a 60 A Start in Life pound of swagger.’” “And such a costume! pure Greek!” continued Schinner. “Conflagration of soul! you understand? Well, I... ... a life so directly against his tastes and his nature. He felt that galley-slaves were happier than he. Galled by the collar of this iron system, wild...

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...by Church, Crown, Empire, decorum, respectability, solvency—and compulsory Greek at the Little Go—as his father had done before him. If in his undergr... ...f course they won’t agree. We’ve got to fight it out. They say we’re their slaves for ever. Have you ever read Lady Bell’s ‘At the Works’? A well-inte... ... Mount Street and Berkeley Square as a sultan might turn to walk among his slaves. But the tonic was only beginning. Before he had gone a dozen steps ... ...as old and shriv- elled up, it was the patched-up speculations of vanished Greeks and Egyptians, it was a mummy of ancient disputes, old and dry, that... ...f Life, the great Adventure of the earth that will make the atoms our bond-slaves and subdue the stars, that will build up the white fires of ecstasy ... ...idents—just as the severance of an Angli- can from a Roman communion and a Greek orthodox com- munion are temporary accidents. You will remark that wi... ...nsist again upon the eternal persistence of the essential Religious Fact: (Greek Letters Here) (Rev. i. 18. “Fear not. I am the First and Last thing, ... ...a five-pound note, are yet assertions of practically inevitable veracity: (Greek Letters Here) (Phil. i. 6. “He who began... will perfect.” Eph. v. 1...

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...portioned to its breadth? 76 Sartor Resartus We find, moreover, that his Greek and Latin were “me- chanically” taught; Hebrew scarce even mechanical... ...is not mad? Nevertheless, one may still murmur audibly, or in the original Greek if that suit thee better: ‘Whoso can look on Death will start at no s... ...as trifling.” Thou foolish Teufelsdrockh How could it else? Hadst thou not Greek enough to understand thus much: The end of Man is an Action, and not ... ...to in all other lands; still as of old, ‘what devilry soever Kings do, the Greeks must pay the piper!’—In that fiction of the English Smollett, it is ... ...that thou canst trample the Earth with its injuries under thy feet, as old Greek Zeno trained thee: thou canst love the Earth while it injures thee, a... ..., Ribbonmen, Cottiers, Peep-of-Day Boys, Babes of the Wood, Rockites, Poor-Slaves: which last, however, seems to be the primary and generic name; wher... ...stand, what seems indubitable, that the original Sect is that of the Poor- Slaves; whose doctrines, practices, and fundamental char- acteristics perva... ...ppermost, like a university-cap, with what view is unknown. “The name Poor-Slaves seems to indicate a Slavonic, Polish, or Russian origin: not so, how... ... cottages. “In respect of diet, they have also their observances. All Poor-Slaves are Rhizophagous (or Root-eaters); a few are Ichthyophagous, and use...

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...ice. And gradually he was becoming familiar with his father’s repertory of Greek quotations. There was no breach between them, but each knew that holi... ...Lord! how clearly I see it! The intellectual is either a prince or he is a Greek slave in a Roman household. He’s got to hold his chin up or else he b... ...th him in a spirit of instructive association to the Balkans, rub up their Greek together, and settle the problem of Albania. He wanted, he said, a fo... ...mself a cigarette and seated himself upon a deck chair. Save for a yawning Greek sailor busy with a mop the first-class deck was empty. Benham surveye... ...ee churches for the better cultivation of hate and cruelty, the Latin, the Greek and the Mahometan.” “But no one has ever conquered these people.” “An... ... black- leg. Are all the women to fall to the men who will be their master-slaves and keepers? But it was not simply that Benham felt men must be free...

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...s, their father’s busi- ness ally and fellow-speculator; Mr. Pericles, the Greek, the man who held millions of money as dust compared to a hu- man voi... ... every possible kind interpretation of his atrocious bad manners. He was a Greek, of Parisian gilding, whose Parisian hat flew off at a moment’s notic... ... a deep final note, and the hearers breathed freely. “Stradella!” said the Greek, folding his arms. The ladies were too deeply impressed to pursue the... ...d, and asked questions, and almost drove Mr. Pericles mad. On a sudden the Greek’s sallow visage lightened. “It is to you! it is to you!” he cried, st... ...g—”Yes, when his feelings are concerned.” “Will you repeat zat?” asked the Greek. “‘T o-to-ri:’ hein? I lose it. ‘T o-to-ru:’ bah! I lose it; ‘T o-ri:... ...ot be calculated upon to take an initiative, or follow one—as ladies, poor slaves! will do when the elec- tric hostess rustles. The men present were n...

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...ce had expired and he was about to sail for Constantinople, taking all his slaves with him, the case of Cervantes was critical. He was already on boar... ...ucate the public taste until it was ripe for tragedies on the model of the Greek drama—like the “Numancia” for instance—and comedies that would not on... ...d just uttered so beautiful a sentiment as that “it is a hard case to make slaves of those whom God and Nature made free,” should be ungratefully pelt... ...ant; for they under- stood about as much of them as if he had been talking Greek, though they could perceive they were all meant for expressions of go... ... I would have returned and done more mischief in reveng- ing thee than the Greeks did for the rape of Helen, who, if she were alive now, or if my Dulc... ...swords, and as soon as Sancho saw them he said: “That is a chain of galley slaves, on the way to the galleys by force of the king’s orders.” “How by f... ...to such persons, but punishing them for their crimes.” The chain of galley slaves had by this time come up, and Don Quixote in very courteous language... ... Lucretia come up to her, nor any other of the famous women of times past, Greek, Barbarian, or Latin; and let each say what he will, for if in this I... ...apient foretold it, who likewise left it declared in writing in Chaldee or Greek characters (for I cannot read them), that if this predicted knight, a...

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.... During the years of 1814 and 1815 the list is extensive. It includes, in Greek, Homer, Hesiod, Theocritus, the histories of Thucydides and Herodotus... ... time was given to study than usual. In the list of his reading I find, in Greek, Theocritus, the Prometheus of Aeschylus, several of Plutarch’s Lives... ... _5 And the winds are loose, we must not stay, Or the slaves of the law may rend thee away. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. They have taken thy br... ...cred to me. To a blighting faith and a cause of crime They have bound them slaves in youthly prime, And they will curse my name and thee ... ...mblest so, With all its dark and hungry graves, Less cruel than the savage slaves _40 Who hunt us o’er these shelte... ...Those whom nor power, nor lying faith, nor toil, Nor custom, queen of many slaves, makes blind, Have ever grieved that man should be the spoil Of his ... ...he “Posthumous Poems”. 54 V olume Two His readings this year were chiefly Greek. Besides the “Hymns” of Homer and the “Iliad”, he read the dramas of ... ...uin then than now, With thy conquest-branded brow Stooping to the slave of slaves From thy throne, among the waves Wilt thou be, when the sea-mew ...

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...arrier’s blouse, and how shall you recognize the god- like creature of the Greek or Roman chisel? The eyes note and compare before the heart has time ... ...er with that unmistakable stamp which genius sets upon the forehead of its slaves was one of Flicoteaux’s most regular customers; he ate to live, care... ...autiful youth come down from the hills of the Latin Quarter. Glorious as a Greek god, Lucien took a cab, and reached the Cafe Servel at a quarter to s... ...u,” said Lousteau as he came in. “Your countenance, worthy of the greatest Greek sculptors, has worked unutterable havoc behind the scenes. You are in... ...itle of the book at the head of it, and begin with general remarks, on the Greeks and the Romans 192 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris if you like,...

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...m his books.” “Know’st thou the Latin?” “But scantly, sir, I doubt.” “Learn it, lad: ’tis hard only at first. The Greek is 15 The Prince and the Paup... ...s vastly enjoyed, as the laughter testified. The youth who had first spoken, shouted to his comrades— “Ho, swine, slaves, pensioners of his grace’s pr... ...and my heart moveth me to thank thee for’t, an’ I may be so bold.” Once the giddy little Lady Jane fired a simple Greek phrase at Tom. The Princess El... ...nkness of the target’s front that the shaft was overshot; so she tranquilly delivered a return volley of sounding Greek on Tom’s behalf, and then stra... ... customs and observances that are his due from such as be about him; and, leaving him his Latin, strip him of his Greek and French? My lord, be not of... ...e, yet will I touch upon it, an’ it please your Grace. Two days gone by, when your Majesty faulted thrice in your Greek—in the morning lessons,—dost r... ...hird time—poor devils, what else could they do?— and were branded on the cheek with a red-hot iron, then sold for slaves; they ran away, were hunted d... ...nd aprons— “Be gracious to us, O sweet King!” “Trample not upon thy beseeching worms, O noble Majesty!” “Pity thy slaves, and comfort them with a roya...

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...y reckon on applause, and condolence, and sympathy, and honour; they, poor slaves! must look for nothing but the op- position of their own sex and the... ...r deeds.” “Ah!” “Yes—ah!” said the lady. “Intellect may subdue women— make slaves of them; and they worship beauty perhaps as much as you do. But they... ...dition! I think we have in this country what will match the Italian or the Greek.” His mind flutters to Mrs. Doria, Richard blushes before the vision ... ...that succeeds to you, and all heavenly pageants, are the ministers and the slaves of the throbbing content within. For this is the home of the enchant... ...leasantry which met with no response. Betrayed by his instincts, the magic slaves of Love! The hero heavily descended the steps. Ripton murmured that ... ...ou know.” “And the marriage is valid?” “You can dispute it.” “Yes, and the Greeks and the Trojans can fight. It holds then?” “Both water and fire!” Th... ...n,” said Ri- chard under his breath to Adrian, who was serenely chant- ing Greek hexameters, and answered, in the swing of the caesura, “He might as w... ...n enjoyed himself? How likes he the society of Aspasia? I feel like a wise Greek to-night.” Adrian was jolly, and rolled comfortably as he talked. Rip...

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...ic equipage shouted aloud “Draw up in the quarry—draw up, thou king of the Greeks; draw into the quarry , Agamemnon, or I shall never be able to pass ... ...his lawful and his real master occurred, the black *The manumission of the slaves in New Y ork has been gradual. When public opinion became strong in ... ...uite usual for men more or less connected with the Quakers, who never held slaves to adopt the first expedient. 46 The Pioneers felt too much deferen... ...n knows, in a dozen languages; mayhap in the Bay of State lingo; mayhap in Greek or High Dutch. But dost it know what it means itself? canst answer me... ...ames, monsieur, and are such as, doubtless, you well understand.” “Is this Greek or Latin, Mr. Edwards?” whispered Elizabeth to the youth, who was ope... ...dge Temple: at least I ought; for my father, who taught me, could speak—” “Greek and Latin,” interrupted Marmaduke. “I well know the qualifications of...

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...ent his want of zeal and exertion. Coley was sufficiently forward to begin Greek on his first arrival at Ottery, and always held a fair place for his ... ...ent, viz. general knowl- edge of history, and a thorough acquaintance with Greek and Roman customs, law courts and expressions, and Greek and Roman wr... ...d Roman writers. I do not find myself wanting in making out a stiff bit of Greek or Latin if I have time, but I must read History chiefly this year, a... ...impression to start with. The rest of my papers, with the exception of the Greek prose and the critical paper, I did very fairly, I think.’ A greater ... ...dds, ‘the scholarship has been to me unsatis-factory. I had worked hard at Greek prose, had trans- lated and re-translated a good deal of Xenophon, Pl... ... were always reserved for his special eating, the trunk being given to his slaves. If one of his wives offended 170 Life of John Coleridge Patteson h... ...ch I had begged him to consider what was the sight, to a Christian man, of slaves driven off with heavy yokes on their necks, and whether it did not j...

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...covered it when she was in England, and is a connoisseur, a millionaire, a Greek, a rich scoundrel, with one indubitable passion, for which I praise h... ...r, and it’ll honey your legs in purgatory? You’re the shooting-dog of that Greek, and you nose about the bushes for his birds, and who cares if any fe... ... and had called upon Antonio-Pericles to extract her address from him; the Greek had denied that she was in Milan. Luigi could tell no more. He descri... ...man, or, upon my honour, I wouldn’t trust you; but between ourselves, this Greek—and he’s quite right—is trying to get her away from the set of snuffy... ...ve my Laura?—I have a scheme. T ruth, it is hardly mine. It belongs to the Greek, the Signor Antonio Pericles Agriolopoulos. It is simply’—the duchess... ...other. For me there is no natural opposition of ranks. What are we? We are slaves: all are slaves. While I am a slave, shall I boast that I am of nobl...

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...e were seven at Vivian-place. And me that morning Walter showed the house, Greek, set with busts: from vases in the hall Flowers of all heavens, and ... ...hrum, 41 Tennyson To tramp, to scream, to burnish, and to scour, For ever slaves at home and fools abroad.’ She, ending, waved her hands: thereat th...

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... flow into their primal forms so that the folded lotus of the Nile and the Greek acanthus were braided with the runic knots and fish-tailed monsters o... ...r Mr. Bracknell has already trespassed on it too long. You pack of galley- slaves, you!” he spluttered suddenly, “decoying young inno- cents with that... ... and told Mrs. Stroud. Of course I didn’t tell her that—it would have been Greek to her. I simply said I couldn’t paint him, that I was too moved. She... ...pholstery, with a picture of a Roman peasant above the mantel-piece, and a Greek slave in “statuary marble” between the folding- doors of the back dra... ... its horrors. The contadina still lurched from the chimney-breast, and the Greek slave obstructed the threshold of the inner room. The place was alive...

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...et us out of that! What was I created for? God! what was I created for? … “Slaves to matter! Minding inanimate things! It doesn’t suit me, you know. I... ...things. We joined in the earnest acquirement of all that was necessary for Greek epigrams and Latin verse, and for the rest played games. We dipped do... .... Within, we were taught as the chief subjects of instruc- tion, Latin and Greek. We were taught very badly because the men who taught us did not habi... ...ow and localised life had lain in those days through Latin, and afterwards Greek had come in as the vehicle of a flood of new and amazing ideas. Once ... ...imagine the fierce zeal of our first Heads, Gar- dener and Roper, teaching Greek like passionate missionar- ies, as a progressive Chinaman might teach... ...e City Merchants School still made the substance of its teaching Latin and Greek, still, with no thought of rotating crops, sowed in a dream amidst th...