 Talk not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can ease my doom. Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Página 4631853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Brown Maclean - 1907 - 196 páginas
...of the shade of Achilles has been ringing in the ears of the world of living men : — " Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...bread. Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead." A living dog is better than a dead lion. Is it not better then " to bear the ills we have than fly... | |
 | 1907 - 570 páginas
...is made to say : — " Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the rital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the spectred monarch of the dead."1 While Claudia said : " The weariest and most loathed worldly life is... | |
 | Charles Fox Burney - 1909 - 114 páginas
...LOTOS iro\vs en/, J) Ttaffiv vfKVfffffi MTatyOipfvoiffui iardtra-fiv. — Od. xi. 489-491. Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead. THE REASON WHY EARLY YAHWE-RELIGION LACKED A DOCTRINE OF A FUTURE LIFE If we now inquire the reason... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1913 - 538 páginas
...not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can eaae my doom. Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes and breathe...some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the eceptered monarch of the dead." To comfort him, Ulysses described how bravely his son had fought at... | |
 | John Haynes Holmes - 1915 - 416 páginas
...replies: Talk not of seeking in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words . . . can ease my doom. Rather I choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead. 1 A similar picture is given us by Mr. Stephen Phillips in the second act of his drama, Ulysses. It... | |
 | John Rylands Library - 1922 - 592 páginas
...serf " : — Rather I choose ingloriously to bear A load of ills, and draw the vital air, The slave of some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead.1 So much for Vice's inference as to the character of the prehistoric Family : or rather of the... | |
 | Union of Jewish Literary Societies - 1926 - 170 páginas
...iroXils eft;, fl trainv venvfffffi KaTtKpSifievoiffiii &vA.a<reiv • Od. xi. 489-491. " Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear, A weight of woes, and...bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead." If we now enquire the reason of the failure of early Yahweh religion to extend beyond the present life... | |
 | Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Evreinov - 1927 - 320 páginas
...abroad, to the squalid Orient, any where ; he simply wants to see different people about him. " Rather I choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead." Thus spoke Achilles to Odysseus, who descended into the realm of Pluto. And I truly sympathize with... | |
 | John Rylands Library - 1922 - 592 páginas
...serf" :— Rather I choose ingloriously to bear A load of ills, and draw the vital air, The slave of some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead. 1 So much for Vico's inference as to the character of the prehistoric Family: or rather of the prehistoric... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1992 - 888 páginas
...think vain words (he eried) can ease my donm ; leather I'd choose lahoriously to bear A weight of wocs, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the seepter'd monareh of the dead."* They were ealled, I repeat it, from hopes like these to the assurance... | |
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