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Excerpt from Grecian and Roman MythologyFable is divided into various kinds, and the following is an example of the instructive, as used for the purpose by a famous orator: When Philip's son, the hereditary enemy of the liberty of Greece, demanded eight of their leading men to be delivered up to him, as the great impediment of mutual amity, On a time, said Demosthenes to his fellow-citizens, an embassy came from the wolves to the sheep, assuri...

Excerpt from Grecian and Roman MythologyFable is divided into various kinds, and the following is an example of the instructive, as used for the purpose by a famous orator: When Philip's son, the hereditary enemy of the liberty of Greece, demanded eight of their leading men to be delivered up to him, as the great im pediment of mutual amity, On a time, said Demosthenes to his fel low-citizens, an embassy came from the wolves to the sheep, assu...

Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Art2. Some minds relish external beauty: they create material representations, hence the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Others, again, by the combination of sounds, attempt to express those finer sentiments of the heart, that lan guage fails to define, hence the musical art. Still another class prefer to clothe their imaginations in rhythmical language, hence the art of poetry. These ar...

Excerpt from Harvest Gleanings: A Holiday BookWas travelling in Germany, from Weimar to Frankfort, and had stop ped at a little town one or two stages beyond Fulda, I was stand ing at the window of the inn, which was Opposite to the post-house, and looking at a crowd of travellers who had just been disgorged from a huge eil-wagen, or post coach, which was standing there. Among them was one female, who, before I was aware, fixed my attention. A...

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Excerpt from Harvest Gleanings: A Holiday Book Was travelling in Germany, from Weimar to Frankfort, and had stop ped at a little town one or two stages beyond Fulda, I was stand ing at the window of the inn, which was Opposite to the post-house, and looking at a crowd of travellers who had just been disgorged from a huge eil-wagen, or post coach, which was standing there. Among them was one female, who, before I was aware, fixed my attention....

Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Art In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the o...

Excerpt from Grecian and Roman Mythology One definite source of this corruption proceeded from the method in which the Greeks received their first ideas of gods and the worship that was paid to them. The Assyrians and Phoenicians were taught by the Egyptians, the Greeks by the Egyptians in the first instance, and at second hand by the Thracians and Pelasgi, and the Grecians in their turn taught the Romans. Mistakes necessarily arose in mat te...

Excerpt from Grecian and Roman Mythology Cases (said space), a heterogeneous mass, containing all the seeds of nature, was first, according to Hesiod, then came into being the broad-breasted Earth, the gloomy Tar tarus and Love. From Chaos were produced Earth, Love, Erebus, Night, and the Universe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book i...

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