 And this principally raises my esteem of these fables, which I receive not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times, that from the traditions of more ancient nations came,...  Sketches of the History of Man - Página 284por Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 522 páginas
...poets, but as facred relics, gentle whifpers, and " the breath of better times, that from the traditions of more " ancient nations, came at length into the...and trumpets " of the Greeks." Was it our author's real opinion, that the farther back we trace the hiftory of man, the more of fcience and knowledge... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1774 - 520 páginas
...poets, but as facred relics, gentle whifpers, and " the breath of better times, that from the traditions of more " ancient nations, came at length into the...and trumpets " of the Greeks." Was it our author's real opinion, that the farther back we trace the hiftory of man, the more of fcience and knowledge... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1775 - 230 páginas
...but as facred relics, " gentle whifpers, and the breath of better times, that " from the traditions of more- ancient nations, came " at length into the...flutes and trumpets of the «< Greeks." Was it our authors real opinion, that the farther back we trace the hillory of man, the i afire of f cience and... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1778 - 456 páginas
...of more an*' ci^n^, ; natiqn&,,came at length into the " fjptc^i' an d trumpets of the Greeks." \Va? it; our author's fincere opinion, that the-, farther back we trace the hiftory of man, the more of fcieuce and knowledge is found ; and con(equently that favages are the moft learned of all men ? The... | |
 | 1791 - 340 páginas
...poets, but as facred relics, gentle whifpers, and the breath of better times, that, from the traditions of more ancient nations, came at length into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. But if any one fhall, notwithftanding this, contend that allegories are always adventitious, or impofed... | |
 | 1803 - 254 páginas
...but as sacred reliques, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times ; that from the traditions of more ancient nations came, at length, into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. But, if any one shall, notwithstandiag this, contend that allegories are always adventitious, or imposed... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 496 páginas
...but (t as facred relics, gentle whifpers, and the breath " of better times, that, from the traditions of more " ancient nations, came at length into the...man, the more of fcience and knowledge is found ; and consequently that favages are the moft learned of all men ? The following fable of the favage Canadians... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1813 - 182 páginas
...but as sacred reliques, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times ; that from the traditions of more ancient nations came, at length, into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. ' But, if any one shall, notwithstanding this, contend that allegories are always adventitious, or... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 páginas
...poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers and the breath of better times, which from the traditions of more ancient nations came at length into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. But if any one shall, notwithstanding this, contend that allegories are always adventitious or imposed... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 páginas
...poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers and the breath of better times, which from the traditions of more ancient nations came at length into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks. But if any one shall, notwithstanding this, contend that allegories are always adventitious or imposed... | |
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