God in history; or, The progress of man's faith in the moral order of the world, tr. by S. Winkworth, Том 1

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Стр. 411 - I take thee to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.
Стр. 256 - Who delight in buffooning and jests out of season, Who promote the designs of oppression and treason, Who foster sedition and strife and debate, All traitors in short to the stage and the state, Who surrender a fort or in private export To places and harbours of hostile resort Clandestine consignments of cables and pitch
Стр. 258 - The dancers go by with their shields to their thigh, and Athene seems wholly forgot. You therefore, young man, choose me while you can: cast in with my Method your lot; And then you shall learn the forum to spurn, and from dissolute baths to abstain, And fashions impure and shameful abjure, and scorners repel
Стр. 257 - Such is the duty, the task of a poet, Fulfilling in honour his office and trust. Look to traditional history : look To antiquity, primitive, early, remote: See there, what a blessing illustrious poets Conferred on mankind in the centuries past: Orpheus instructed mankind in religion,
Стр. 279 - been as blessed by fortune as himself, that he was burning alive; afraid, moreover, of retribution, and full of the thought that whatever is human is insecure. So he bade them quench the blazing fire as quickly as they could, and take down Croesus and the other Lydians.
Стр. 257 - The whole in cases and concerns occurring and recurring At every turn and every day domestic and familiar, So that the audience one and all from personal experience Were competent to judge the piece, and form a fair opinion Whether my scenes and sentiments agreed with truth and nature.
Стр. 163 - ATHENA. Do thou then, seeing this, refrain thy tongue From any lofty speech against the gods, Nor boast thyself, though thou excel in strength Or weight of stored-up wealth. All human things A day lays low, a day lifts up again ; But still the gods love those of ordered soul, And hate the evil. 1
Стр. 257 - Tell me, then, what are the principal merits Entitling a poet to praise and renown ? EURIPIDES. The improvement of morals, the progress of mind, When a poet by skill and invention Can render his audience virtuous and wise. AESCHYLUS. But if you by neglect or intention Have done the reverse, and
Стр. 257 - delivered the doctrine of medicine, And warnings prophetic for ages to come: Next came old Hesiod, teaching us husbandry, Ploughing, and sowing, and rural affairs, Rural economy, rural astronomy, Homely morality, labour, and thrift. Homer himself, our adorable Homer, What was his title to praise and renown ? What, but the worth of the lessons he taught us, Discipline, arms, and equipment of war
Стр. 219 - CHORUS. Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed, To shun unholy pride ; Great words of boasting bring great punishments ; And so to grey-haired age

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