The Pantheon, Or, Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome: For the Use of Schools, and Young Persons of Both SexesM.J. Godwin, 1814 - 302 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... better understood , I will now give an account of this religion as it was practised at Athens , the most refined and elegant city that ever existed . • De Haruspicum Resp . 9 . CHAP . V. OF THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES OF THE ATHENIANS.
... better understood , I will now give an account of this religion as it was practised at Athens , the most refined and elegant city that ever existed . • De Haruspicum Resp . 9 . CHAP . V. OF THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES OF THE ATHENIANS.
Pagina 18
... Athens was that in which the finest specimens were to be found of Grecian statuary and Grecian architecture . Minerva was the patron divinity of the Athe- nians the citadel of Athens , otherwise called the Parthenon , was her temple ...
... Athens was that in which the finest specimens were to be found of Grecian statuary and Grecian architecture . Minerva was the patron divinity of the Athe- nians the citadel of Athens , otherwise called the Parthenon , was her temple ...
Pagina 18
... Athens was that in which the finest specimens were to be found of Grecian statuary and Grecian architecture . Minerva was the patron divinity of the Athenians : the citadel of Athens , otherwise called the Parthenon , was her temple ...
... Athens was that in which the finest specimens were to be found of Grecian statuary and Grecian architecture . Minerva was the patron divinity of the Athenians : the citadel of Athens , otherwise called the Parthenon , was her temple ...
Pagina 19
... Athens , only inferior in beauty and grandeur to that of Minerva , was erected to Theseus , an ancient hero , who ... Athens . The Greeks were not contented to enrich their temples with a multitude of statues of the Gods : they also ...
... Athens , only inferior in beauty and grandeur to that of Minerva , was erected to Theseus , an ancient hero , who ... Athens . The Greeks were not contented to enrich their temples with a multitude of statues of the Gods : they also ...
Pagina 20
... Athens , the Eumol pidæ , the Céryces , the Eteobutada , and others . On days of solemn festival the multitude was immense that crowded to the temple of the God whose honours were that day to be commemo- rated they spread themselves ...
... Athens , the Eumol pidæ , the Céryces , the Eteobutada , and others . On days of solemn festival the multitude was immense that crowded to the temple of the God whose honours were that day to be commemo- rated they spread themselves ...
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Pagina 12 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : " Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Pagina 11 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Pagina 11 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Pagina 10 - I drew near with that Reverence which is due to a superior Nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating Strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of Compassion and Affability that familiarized him to my Imagination, and at once dispelled all the Fears and Apprehensions with which I approached him.
Pagina 149 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Pagina 149 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Pagina 11 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke the cloud but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Pagina 12 - I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length said I, ' Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing...
Pagina 9 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound. contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Pagina 10 - They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place. My heart melted away in secret raptures. " I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible.