Let htm leave the dynasties of the Egyptian kings, the expeditions of Sesostris, Bacchus, and Jason, and the exploits of Hercules and Theseus, for poets to embellish, or chronologists to arrange. The fabulous accounts of these heroes of antiquity may... On education [ed. by G. Nicholson]. - Pagina 340di Education, George Nicholson - 1805Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Henry Kett - 1806 - 600 pagine
...to arranged 'The fabulous accounts of thefe heroes of antiquity may remind him of the fandy defarts, lofty mountains, and frozen oceans, which are laid...conceal their ignorance of remote countries. Let him haften to firm ground, where he may fafely ftand, and behold the' fhiking events, and memorable actions,... | |
| Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pagine
...world, which, preceded -the invention of letters, and were built upon mere oral tradition. Let him leave the dynasties of the Egyptian kings, the expeditions...mountains, and frozen oceans, which are laid down in the nyips of the ancient geographers, to conceal their ignoranee of remote countries. Let him hasten to... | |
| Henry Kett - 1815 - 598 pagine
...to arrange. The fabulous accounts of thefe heroes of antiquity may remind him of the fandy defarts, lofty mountains, and frozen oceans, which are laid...conceal their ignorance of remote countries. Let him haften to firm ground, where he may fafcly ftand, and behold the ftriking events, and memorable actions,... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1818 - 440 pagine
...Pagan world, which preceded the invention of letters, and were built upon mere oral tradition. Let him leave the dynasties of the Egyptian kings, the expeditions of Sesostris, Bacchus, and Jason, and the^ploits of Hercules and Theseus, for poets to embellish, or chronologists to arrange. The' fabulous... | |
| Thomas Kelt - 1849 - 424 pagine
...Pagan world, which precede the invention of letters, and were built upon mere oral tradition. Let him leave the dynasties of the Egyptian kings, the expeditions of Sesostris, Bacchus, and Jason, l and the exploits of Hercules and Theseus, for poets to embellish, or chronologists to arrange. The... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1862 - 820 pagine
...Pagan world, which preceded the invention of letters, and were built upon mere oral tradition. Let him leave the dynasties of the Egyptian kings, the expeditions...Theseus, for poets to embellish, or chronologists tu arrange. The fabulous accounts of these heroes of antiquity may remind him of the sandy deserts,... | |
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