An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1862 - 261 strán (strany) |
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Strana 128
... prayers bring his goddess mother from the watery depths where she dwells like a good daughter taking care of her aged father . Nothing could be more tender than the words in which Thetis addresses her son . It is 128 OF STYLE .
... prayers bring his goddess mother from the watery depths where she dwells like a good daughter taking care of her aged father . Nothing could be more tender than the words in which Thetis addresses her son . It is 128 OF STYLE .
Strana 129
... prayer to Zeus . The voyage of Odysseus is soon told . He delivers the lost daughter to the father , " and he gladly re- ceives his dear child ; " and that is all . We may imagine if we like what he said and felt , but Homer knew better ...
... prayer to Zeus . The voyage of Odysseus is soon told . He delivers the lost daughter to the father , " and he gladly re- ceives his dear child ; " and that is all . We may imagine if we like what he said and felt , but Homer knew better ...
Strana 130
... prayer . The god answers not : he sits unmoved and silent ; but neither gods nor men can resist either goddesses or women when they will have their way . She had embraced his knees ; she still clings to them ; she asks again and asks ...
... prayer . The god answers not : he sits unmoved and silent ; but neither gods nor men can resist either goddesses or women when they will have their way . She had embraced his knees ; she still clings to them ; she asks again and asks ...
Strana 136
... prayer of the old man , whose son had deprived Achilles of his dear friend Patroclus . The Achaean hero is proud , impetuous , stubborn and vindictive , but still he has a noble nature . He can feel for the sorrows of a father , who has ...
... prayer of the old man , whose son had deprived Achilles of his dear friend Patroclus . The Achaean hero is proud , impetuous , stubborn and vindictive , but still he has a noble nature . He can feel for the sorrows of a father , who has ...
Strana 161
... he waits till she is canonized , before he knows whether he should address his prayers to her or not . I am very sorry for him . If he must see with other people's eyes M and judge with other people's brains , it is his OF STYLE . 161.
... he waits till she is canonized , before he knows whether he should address his prayers to her or not . I am very sorry for him . If he must see with other people's eyes M and judge with other people's brains , it is his OF STYLE . 161.
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