 How much thy years excel In arts of counsel, and in speaking well! O would the gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee; Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy!  The Annual Biography and Obituary - Stran 1231819Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Bell - 1807 - 472 strani
...him the king: ' How much thy years excel ' In arts of counsel, and in speaking well ! 441 ' O »ould the gods, in love to Greece, decree ' But ten such sages as they grant in thee; ' Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, ' And soon should fall the haughty Tow'rs of... | |
 | Homerus - 1808 - 574 strani
...men helow. To him the king : how much thy years excel 440 In arts of council, and in speaking well ! O would the Gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee ; Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the hanghty towers of Troy... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 strani
...u'fi T* M rti% iifi'vrtH vroA<; vQuiuaio UntxTtf, Xtffii vtp' iftirtypirn aAovnt n in^ ioftin «.* O would the Gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages, as they grant in thee ! Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy.f... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 strani
...below." To him the king : " How much thy years excel In arts of council, and in sneaking well ? О would the gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee ; Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon shall fall the haughty towers of Troy... | |
 | sir Thomas Bernard (bart.) - 1813 - 214 strani
...the death of Solomon. Need I, Mr. Lyttelton, to one of your scale of intellect, observe, that with civilised man it is counsel not force, mind not body,...that must govern. Agamemnon in his speech to the aged NESTOU, did not wish for the athletic strength of youth, but for the experienced wisdom of age, to... | |
 | 1813 - 350 strani
...men below.' To him the king: ' How much thy years excel In arts of counsel, and in speaking well I O would the gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee ; Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy!... | |
 | 1816 - 654 strani
...followed the death of Solomon. Need I, Mr. Lyttelton, to one of your scale of intellect, observe that with civilised man, it is counsel not force, mind not body,...Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee I Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy.... | |
 | 1816 - 660 strani
...followed the death of Solomon. Need I, Mr. Lyttelton, to one of your scale of intellect, observe that with civilised man, it is counsel not force, mind not body,...love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they erant in thee ! Such wisdom soon should ftiam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers... | |
 | Sir Thomas Bernard - 1818 - 292 strani
...death of Solomon. Need I, Mr. Lyttelton, to oneof your scale of intellect, observe that with civilized man, it is counsel not force, mind not body, that...Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee ! Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 strani
...men below.' To him the king—' How much thy years excel In arts of counsel, and in speaking well! O would the gods, in love to Greece, decree But ten such sages as they grant in thee; Such wisdom soon should Priam's force destroy, And soon should fall the haughty towers of Troy... | |
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