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... Ovid , the most agreeable , the most en- tertaining , and the most sparkling , if not the most gifted , of all the Roman poets of the Augustan age . Publius Ovidius , surnamed Naso , was born at the town of Sulmo , about ninety miles ...
... Ovid , the most agreeable , the most en- tertaining , and the most sparkling , if not the most gifted , of all the Roman poets of the Augustan age . Publius Ovidius , surnamed Naso , was born at the town of Sulmo , about ninety miles ...
Page 91
... Ovid abandoned his profession and betook himself to the cultivation of his native impulses ; but he joined with this the enjoyment of all the giddy and voluptu- ous pleasures which marked the age in which he flourished . He was a great ...
... Ovid abandoned his profession and betook himself to the cultivation of his native impulses ; but he joined with this the enjoyment of all the giddy and voluptu- ous pleasures which marked the age in which he flourished . He was a great ...
Page 92
... Ovid wrote , and the manners and morals of his companions , of both sexes , were scarcely susceptible of additional corrup- tion . On the contrary , it is fairly presumable that these poems , suited in every respect to the prevailing ...
... Ovid wrote , and the manners and morals of his companions , of both sexes , were scarcely susceptible of additional corrup- tion . On the contrary , it is fairly presumable that these poems , suited in every respect to the prevailing ...
Page 93
... Ovid's works . The Metamorphoses are now the most admired and best known of this poet's productions . In the composition of these beautiful poems , Ovid has tastefully refrained from origi- nality of conception . They are all fictions ...
... Ovid's works . The Metamorphoses are now the most admired and best known of this poet's productions . In the composition of these beautiful poems , Ovid has tastefully refrained from origi- nality of conception . They are all fictions ...
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... Ovid imitated and borrowed , the fabulous series contained in the Metamorpho- ses , forms the most curious and valuable record of ancient mythology . Ovid had not finished the correction and revision of his Metamorphoses , when , to his ...
... Ovid imitated and borrowed , the fabulous series contained in the Metamorpho- ses , forms the most curious and valuable record of ancient mythology . Ovid had not finished the correction and revision of his Metamorphoses , when , to his ...
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Page 566 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired Of him.
Page 552 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove "me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 508 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 338 - Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 329 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Page 180 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 482 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 42 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 43 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 522 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.