The Clouds, and Peace of Aristophanes, tr. by a graduate of the University of Oxford

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Página 19 - ... fellow says it looks for all the world like a flock of sheep, and foretells plenty ; and all the while it is nothing but a shining cloud by its own mobility and the activity of a wind cast into a contingent and inartificial shape.
Página 55 - O ye, who patiently explore The wreck of Herculanean lore, What rapture ! could ye seize Some Theban fragment, or unroll One precious, tender-hearted, scroll Of pure Simonides.
Página 16 - From her fayre head her fillet she undight, And layd her stole aside. Her angels face, As the great eye of heaven, shyned bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place : Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
Página 19 - We sometimes espíe a bright cloud form'd into an irregular figure : when it is observed by unskilful and phantastic travellers, looks like a centaure to some, and as a castle to others : some tell that they saw an army with banners and it signifies war ; but another wiser...

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