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...the nobler benefits of wealth, with extra means of health, of intellectual culture, and of elegant enjoyment, on the other hand, we knew nothing of it... ...seemed to burn as in some mighty pharos:— “Aesopo statuam ingentem posuere Attici; Servumque collocârunt eternâ in basi:” A colossal statue did the At... ... The school which professes to teach grammatica, professes, therefore, the culture of lit- erature in the widest and most liberal extent, and is oppos... ...ng to take a station also in the land, as a depository for the dust of her heroes. What struck us most in the whole interior of the pile was the view ... ...d so large a station in the public eye, being the earliest among the naval heroes of England in the first war of the revolution, and the only one of n... ...dioms, and verbal peculiarities belonging to the primitive ages of Ro- man culture were to be found still lingering in the old Ro- man settlements, bo... ...e use of other apart- ments, during the stay of the French in Killala, the attic story, containing a library and three bed chambers, continued sa- cre... ... my brother from room to room, and at last from the ground floor up to the attics, holding a book open, (which turned out to be a Latin grammar;) each...

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...mate and the soil, and consequently deducing all the principles of scientific culture, not simply from the data of soil and climate, but from the data ... ... all there is in his soul,” she thought; “as for these lofty ideals, love of culture, religion, they are only so many tools for getting on.” From his ... ...m Alexey Alexandrovitch had a high opin ion, noted for his intelligence and culture. Alexey Alexandrovitch entered into conversation with him. There ... ...d nest, to get in touch with the earth, so as to renew his strength like the heroes of old for the work that lay before him. In spite of his exaggerat... ... winding up the most heated and serious argument by some unexpected pinch of Attic salt that changed the disposition of his opponent. He did this now....

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...aughter filled every bookseller’s shop, and pen- etrated into the remotest attics. The miserable dunces, in part, were stricken mad with rage—in part,... ...ree realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; ... ...he attack; Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack; 40 Heroes’ and heroines’ shouts confusedly rise, And bass and treble voices st... ...he lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasured there. There heroes’ wits are kept in ponderous vases, And beaux’ in snuff-boxes and twe... ...n, and confess her home! Such was the life great Scipio once admired, Thus Atticus, and T rumbull 46 thus retired. Ye sacred Nine! that all my soul p... ...? Where grows?—where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil: Fix’d to no spot is happiness sincere, Tis nowhere t... ...praise— Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? 102 ‘ A Persian tale:’ Ambrose Philips translated a book ...

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...o yearn Upwards to the hidden scopes; – Even within the urn Let them burn! Heroes of thy race – Warriors with golden crowns, Ghostly shapes with marbl... ... sung, Regeneration to the young, Reverberation of the truth, And virtuous culture unto youth! Youth! in whose season let abound All flowers and fruit... ...fields, Better than all the great parade and pomp Which forms the train of heroes and of kings, And sows, too frequently, the tragic seeds That choke ... ...ther, and a country house Receives us: rooms are full: we can but get An attic-crib. Such lovers will not fret At that, it is half-said. The great... ...y tell her not she lies. VI O the bliss upon the plains, Where the joining heroes clashed Shield and spear, and, unabashed, Challenged with hot chario... ...hought drew, and a countenance could wear Not less at peace than fields in Attic air Shorn, and shown fruitful by the reaper’s hook. II Most enviable ...

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...aintain its hold, 200 And wasted down by glorious death that race Of natural heroes. Or I would record How in tyrannic times, some unknown man, Unhear... ...ts—as it made my heart Beat high and filled my fancy with fair forms, 210 Old heroes and their sufferings and their deeds— Yet in the regal sceptre, an... ...y divine Sanctioned, of danger, difficulty, or death. Such conversation under Attic shades Did Dion hold with Plato, ripened thus For a deliverer’s glo... ...d have awaked 960 When the great voice was heard out of the tombs Of ancient heroes. If for France I have grieved, Who in the judgement of no few hath... ...pression worse than death Salutes the being at his birth, where grace 195 Of culture hath been utterly unknown, And labour in excess and poverty From ...

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...in the Dunciad, and his own name will be found amongst its cata- logues of heroes. With respect to the author of the Tatler, a very different explanat... ... ever read Eustathius without aid from Latin. As to any knowl- edge of the Attic Greek, of the Greek of the dramatists, the Greek of Plato, the Greek ... ...between the departments of poetry which he cultivated and the merit of his culture. The first place must undoubtedly be given for ever,—it cannot be r... ...g thus: “Who would not laugh, if such a man there be, Who but must weep if Atticus were he?” Why must we laugh? Because we find a grotesque assembly o... ...t indiscriminate? From this defect in his nature it arose, that, except by culture and by reflec- tion, Lamb had no genial appreciation of Milton. The... ...y towards either pole, still it is next to impossible, in the exercise and culture of the two powers, but some bias must arise which would give that a...

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...formation on technical subjects which are of service in daily life — agri- culture, astronomy, augury, and the calendar — in matters of religion and i... ...d by Homer. Thus, when we find that in the Returns all the prominent Greek heroes ex- cept Odysseus are accounted for, we are forced to believe that t... ...n may be used. The chief greatness of the Iliad is in the character of the heroes Achilles and Hec- tor rather than in the actual events which take pl... ...Menelaus, the departure from T roy of Menelaus, the fortunes of the lesser heroes, the return and tragic death of Agamemnon, and the vengeance of Ores... ..., as a literary work, is one of the finest in the collection. It is surely Attic or Eleusinian in origin. Can we in any way fix its date? Firstly, it ... ...us, and it was in consequence of this earlier rape that Aphidna, a town in Attica, was sacked and Castor was wounded in the right thigh by Aphidnus wh...

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...nition every time, which showed me that she had more presence of mind than culture, though I said nothing, The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories 34 o... ...he exclaimed, “Elfonzo! Elfonzo! oh, Elfonzo! where art thou, with all thy heroes? haste, oh! haste, come thou to my relief. Ride on the wings of the ... ...he exclaimed, “Elfonzo! Elfonzo! oh, Elfonzo! where art thou, with all thy heroes? haste, oh! haste, come thou to my relief. 115 Mark Twain Ride on t... ...tell a cow from a horse by the like process, the result of observation and culture. I should ex plain that I am speaking of legitimate verbs, those v... ...said they would have more of the peculiar kind of light they needed in the attic. The old simpleton! it is as dark as a tomb up there. But she does no...

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...tess of Pohyola, dragged into the sea in her efforts to regain it from the heroes of Kalevala. Ever eager for the treasures of others, and generally u... ...yrikki also busies himself in blazing the rocks and the trees to guide the heroes to their favorite hunting grounds. Sima suu (honey mouth), one of th... ...g him to break his knife, the only keep sake of his people. Regarding the heroes of the Kalevala, much discussion has arisen as to their place in Fin... ...Use the birch rod from the mountains In the closet of thy dwelling, In the attic of thy mansion; Strike, her not upon the common, Do not conquer her i... ...ee, dear mother, For thy tender care and guidance, For my birth and for my culture, Nurtured by thy purest life blood! Gratitude to thee, dear brother...

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...lowing elements to be analysed:—His original genius—his kind and degree of culture—his purpose—his special faculties—the works he has written—and the ... ...vention.” A splendid sylph let us call him—a “giant angel” he was not. His culture, like his genius, was rather elegant than pro- found. He lived in a... ...d sense and elegant sarcasm in literature. The portraits of “Villars” and “Atticus” will occur to every reader as mas- terpieces in power, although we... ...nation’s aid. P. But bribes a senate, and the land’s betray’d. In vain may heroes fight, and patriots rave; If secret gold sap on from knave to knave.... ...each form and name: In one short view subjected to our eye Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. With sharpen’d sight, pale antiquaries pore, ... ...e: Touch’d by thy hand, again Rome’s glories shine; Her gods, and god-like heroes rise to view, 57 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 And ... ..., what Virgil, Pliny, may deny, Manilius or Solinus 404 shall supply: For Attic phrase in Plato let them seek, I poach in Suidas 405 for unlicensed ...