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Page 173
The goddess Liberty , celebrated by the ancient Romans on the Idus of April ,
differed essentially from the goddess Liberty of ... and is distinguished from the
latter in the following lines : On Roman Republican and French Republican
Liberty .
The goddess Liberty , celebrated by the ancient Romans on the Idus of April ,
differed essentially from the goddess Liberty of ... and is distinguished from the
latter in the following lines : On Roman Republican and French Republican
Liberty .
Page 200
Flora was the goddess of flowers and gardens among the Romans , the same as
the Chloris of the Greeks . Some suppose that she was originally a common
courtesan , who left to the Romans the immense riches which she had acquired
by ...
Flora was the goddess of flowers and gardens among the Romans , the same as
the Chloris of the Greeks . Some suppose that she was originally a common
courtesan , who left to the Romans the immense riches which she had acquired
by ...
Page 274
... which the meetings were held that were termed by the Romans Nundinae , and
which returned every ninth day , that the Roman citizens might travel from the
country to the city to be informed of what concerned either religion or government
.
... which the meetings were held that were termed by the Romans Nundinae , and
which returned every ninth day , that the Roman citizens might travel from the
country to the city to be informed of what concerned either religion or government
.
Page 678
The Romans paid particular attention to her , and had no less than eight different
temples erected to her honour in their city . Tullus Hostilius was the first who built
her a temple , and from that circumstance it is easily known when her worship ...
The Romans paid particular attention to her , and had no less than eight different
temples erected to her honour in their city . Tullus Hostilius was the first who built
her a temple , and from that circumstance it is easily known when her worship ...
Page 749
... when we recollect the number of coincidences of dates of a similar but yet
more striking kind , which any comparison of the Antient and Modern Roman
Calendar will furnish . ... that the Romans had some kind of festival in her honour
today .
... when we recollect the number of coincidences of dates of a similar but yet
more striking kind , which any comparison of the Antient and Modern Roman
Calendar will furnish . ... that the Romans had some kind of festival in her honour
today .
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Page 206 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 164 - There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 120 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets : As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun, and the moist star, Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands, Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse...
Page 172 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 218 - Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Page 231 - Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 190 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Page 51 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Page 572 - Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone ; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone ; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes, Or give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead.
Page 641 - Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night ' That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide...
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| Title | The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or rather written] by T. Forster |
| Author | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster |
| Published | 1824 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2007 |
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