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...The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, and many scholars believe it is the oldest extant work of literature in the Greek language, making it the first work...

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...is life. But this old affair, scandalous enough to serve as a motive for a Greek tragedy, arose from the similarity of their characters. There are oth... ... eyes, at first in a sort of anx-ious baby- talk, then, as he acquired the language, with great fluency, but always with that singing, soft, and at th... ...most familiar English words, as if they had been the words of an unearthly language. And he always would come to an end, with many emphatic shakes of ... ...as a man now (he told me boastfully) to whom he could sing and talk in the language of his country, and show how to dance by-and-by. “But I don’t know... ... for their boy to grow up so that he could have a man to talk with in that language that to our ears sounded so disturbing, so passionate, and so biza... ...ching a painfully gasped word now and then. They were no longer in his own language. The fever had left him, taking with it the heat of life. And with...

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...had promised to do—that you 39 Henry James were extremely interested in a little American girl.” Lord Lambeth was extremely angry, and he indulged fo... ...ways know more than men about names and dates and that sort of thing,” Lord Lambeth rejoined. “There was Lady Jane Grey we have just been hearing abou...

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...foremost man. In which scroll were written in ancient Hebrew, and in ancient Greek, and in good Latin of the school, and in Spanish these words: “Land... ...ng us away, troubled us much: on the other side, to find that the people had languages, and were so full of humanity, did comfort us not a little. And... ...e began thus: “We of this island of Bensalem (for so they called it in their language) have this: that by means of our solitary situ ation, and of th... ...eryone read upon the book and letter, as if they had been written in his own language. And thus was this land saved from infidelity (as the remain of ... ...he nations of the world, which we found to be true, considering they had the languages of Europe, and knew much of our State and business; and yet we ... ... a vast sea might cause it. But then, that they should have knowledge of the languages, books, affairs, of those that lie such a distance from them, i...

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...doubt. It was an opportunity for him to talk, and for me to hear, that old language of Rabelais, which is still in use in some Canadian provinces. The... ... resource, to speak English. Perhaps they would know this almost universal language. I knew it—as well as the German language—well enough to read it f... ... I had. Our visi- tors did not stir. They evidently understood neither the language of England nor of France. Very much embarrassed, after having vain... ... in spite of the elegant terms and good accent of the narrator, the German language had no success. At last, nonplussed, I tried to remember my first ... ...rance whether they are Spaniards, Turks, Arabians, or Indians. As to their language, it is quite incomprehensible.” “There is the disadvantage of not ... ... I recognised some unmistak- able Irishmen, Frenchmen, some Sclaves, and a Greek, or a Candiote. They were civil, and only used that odd lan- guage am... ...t mis- taken, its reputation was detestable.” “Detestable, M. Aronnax. The Greek and Latin histori- ans do not speak favourably of it, and Strabo says... ... blue sea par excellence, “the great sea” of the Hebrews, “the sea” of the Greeks, the “mare nostrum” of the Romans, bordered by orange-trees, al- oes... ...rful people, the Atlantides, lived, against whom the first wars of ancient Greeks were waged. Thus, led by the strangest destiny, I was treading under...

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...Based on the Folio Text of 1623 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Shakespeare: First Folio Table of Contents . . ... ... 707 And stood against them, as the hope of Troy 708 Against the Greekes, that would haue entred Troy. 709 But Hercules himselfe must ...

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...times might have issued her directions to equal purpose in the Kamskatchan language. In any crisis of this nature, Bella would suddenly exclaim aloud,... ...he conversation; ‘perhaps you’ll explain your meaning, young man, which is Greek to me.— You must have another touch of blue in your trimming, my dear... ...an countries, with the Jews as with other peoples. Men say, ‘This is a bad Greek, but there are good Greeks. This is a bad Turk, but there are good T ... ...ce the country , the illegality is quite equal to the inhumanity—and known language could say no more of their lawlessness. On Friday the Ninth of Jun...

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...one, but with a penny packet of Boys of England American ciga- rettes. His language shocked his father before he was twelve, and by that age, what wit... ...ff at the top. Drachenflieger. Drachenballons. Ballonstoffe. Kugelballons. Greek to me. “But he was trying to sell his blessed secret abroad. That’s a... ...“But he was trying to sell his blessed secret abroad. That’s all right. No Greek about that! Gollys! Here is the secret!” He tumbled off the seat, ope... ...ans of megaphones, in a weird and startling ipanner, in a great variety of languages. Official-looking per- sons had signalled to him by means of flag... ...chieve its dream of imperial ex- pansion, and its imposition of the German language upon a forcibly united Europe. These were the three most spirited ... ...g because of the different names of the letters of the alphabet in the two languages. “And now, Mr. Schmallvays,” he said at last, leaning back and re... ...and sa- luted and took the note, not caring to betray his ignorance of the language. He started off with a bright air of knowing his way and turned a ... ...e nowadays ‘aven’t no idee of a shop—no idee. Plate-glass winders—it’s all Greek to them. Why, I’ve ‘ad as much as a ton and a ‘arf of petaties to ‘an...

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...nently Gothic, and all the more so since she has set herself off with some Greek airs, and erected classic temples on her crags. In a word, and above ... ...f the ground, buildings in almost every style upon the globe. Egyptian and Greek temples, Venetian palaces and Gothic spires, are huddled one over ano... ... omit, as well as some digressions, but leave the rest in Patrick Walker’s language and orthography:– ‘The never to be forgotten Mr. James Renwick tol...

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...e, he showed in face that humane look of re- poseful good nature which the Greek sculptor in some instances gave to his heroic strong man, Hercules. B... ... a notable one; the features all except the chin cleanly cut as those on a Greek medal- lion; yet the chin, beardless as Tecumseh’s, had some- thing o... ...n or rather summons to disburthen, spoke up. What he said, conveyed in the language of no uneducated man, was to the effect following, if not altogeth... ...your pardon again. It is at once imaginative and meta- physical,—in short, Greek. But,” abruptly changing his tone, “there is a case in the sick-bay t...

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...gas and its queer, screening windows, nor get a whiff of foul air and foul language from its door, nor see the crumpled furtive figure—some rascal chi... ...council, “an undersized Oxford prig with a tenoring voice and a garbage of Greek—the sort of little fool who is brought up on the admiration of his el... ...rom the same school, had gone through an entirely parallel education; some Greek linguistics, some elementary mathematics, some emas- culated “science... ...he thought—”to be skating about over questions that one came to at last in Greek—with variorum readings— in Plato, but which it never occurred to any ... ...n Plato, but which it never occurred to any one to translate out of a dead language into living realities… .” He halted and answered some unspoken que... ...er came to me from her, in her unaltered clear hand- writing, but in a new language of expression, telling me many things. She had learnt of my mother...

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...l Right!” This is the pith, the marrow, the sum and essence of the English language to a southerner. Of course it is not all right. 191 D. H. Lawrenc... ...k, mind- ful silence and inflection of the cypress trees, lost races, lost language, lost human ways of feeling and of knowing. Men have known as we c... ...of your damned modern reform cant. I mean solid sound slavery on which the Greek and the Roman world rested. FAR finer worlds than ours, my dear chap!... ...d woman, sat. Therefore he entered, and though he could not understand the language, still his second self understood. The cave was a house: and men c... ...irst stake, the boatmen all uttered a strange cry of warning, in a foreign language. The flesh-and- blood Aaron seemed not even to hear. The invisible...

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...n, Baluch, and others Religion: 74% Sunni Muslim, 25% Shi'a Muslim, 1% other Language: 50% Pashtu, 35% Afghan Persian (Dari), 11% Turkic languages (pr... ... (Dari), 11% Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen), 4% thirty minor languages (primarily Baluchi and Pashai); much bilingualism Life expectan... ...(s); adjec- tive Albanian Ethnic divisions: 96% Albanian; remain- ing 4% are Greeks, Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians Religion: Albania claims t... ... religious affiliation 70% Muslim, 20% Albanian Orthodox, 10% Roman Catholic Language: Albanian (Tosk is official dia- lect), Greek Infant mortality r... ...rthodox, 10% Roman Catholic Language: Albanian (Tosk is official dia- lect), Greek Infant mortality rate: 86.8/1,000 (1971) Life expectancy: 69 Litera... ...opean Religion: 99% Sunni Muslim (state reli- gion); 1% Christian and Jewish Language: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects Infant mortality rat... ... 29%, Anglican 23%, Boman Catholic 22%, smaller groups of other Protestants, Greek Orthodox, and Jews Language: English; some Creole among Haitian imm... ...mous areas since 1974 hostilities one controlled by the Cyprus Government or Greek area (60%) and the other administered by Turkish Cypriots (35%); th... ... 1.26% Nationality: noun Cypriot(s); adjective Cypriot Ethnic divisions: 78% Greek; 18% Turk- ish; 4% Armenian, Maronite, and other Religion: 78% Gree...

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...f the United States during the 19th century. Later, Rome claimed to be "liberating" Greek cities (from Macedonian domination and other Middle Easter... ... learned the lesson and succumbed to Roman hegemony. Roman culture - constructed on Greek foundations - permeated the nascent empire and Latin becam... ...it up thus: "The Ottoman Empire had now superseded the Byzantine Empire; and some Greeks, like the contemporary historian Critobulus of Imbros, r... ...Demetrius to the Sultan's court. In 1461 Trebizond, capital of the last remnant of Greek empire, which had maintained its precarious independence b... .... According to the Observer, hence much of the haggling in the United Nations over language and America's freedom of action. Even more crucially, R... ...h move in north Iraq. The acrimonious breakdown of reunification talks between the Greek and Turkish-sponsored parties in Cyprus did not help eithe... ...ey is, plausibly, anti-Arab. Turkish security officials confirmed to the English- language daily, Turkish Daily News, in March last year, that Tur...

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... with which they made voyages to adjacent lands. They soon became known to the Greeks, whose country they visited, and by these were given the name Ph... ..., and by these were given the name Phoenicians, a designation derived from the Greek word for palms, great numbers of which grow in the Holy Land. BU... ...e earliest navigators, there are other peoples who lay claim to the honor, the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Indians, each asserting that they were the e... ...etuated in the history of his country. VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS, THE PHILOSOPHER. The Greeks became active in discovery and an extension of their commerce by... ...celand in about the year 860, though it is maintained by some writers that the Greek philosopher, Pytheas, first set foot in Iceland, which he called ... ...us city and there questioned by the King. But being unable to understand their language, the ruler sent for many interpreters from whom one was at len... ...any interpreters from whom one was at length obtained who understood the Latin language, which it happened that one of the fishermen too could speak. ... ...iod of five years, during which time they acquired a thorough knowledge of the language of the new people. One of the fishermen visited different part... ... where the young Venetian speedily acquired a knowledge of four of the leading languages of Tartary, and thus fitted himself for active service under ...

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... Title: THE SOUL BEARER Author: JONATHAN CROSS Language: English Subject: Fiction, Literature Publisher: World Pub... ...graphies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve t... ... one day he would connect the right stars and see the pathway as clearly as the Greeks had seen Orion, the Hunter, Taurus, the Bull, Aquarius, the W... ...r and showed him into the foyer that was formed in the shape of a rotunda. Huge Greek and Roman stat­ ues were perched in predesigned recesses around... ...i­ dent of International Enterprises." Pierce stood stiff like one of Matloch's Greek statues. An ap­ propriate formation Richard thought, his right ... ...agreed to stay for three years. Aaron agreed only if the Patron, who spoke five languages fluently, would teach him English, which Aaron knew he wou... ...ul directions, he had no problem finding the Italian section of New York, whose language he had also mas­ tered. Aaron found a room for two dollars a... ...ded them back. "I can't read Johnathan Cross this medical print-out. It's all Greek to me." "Right answer." Greene tossed the papers into a half-f...

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...st, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. I speak of peace, while covert enmity Under the smile of safety wounds the world: And who but Rumour, who but only I, Make fearful musters and prepared defenc...

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...ball of earth: Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. I speak ... ...ut thirty mile a day, Compare with Caesars, and with Cannibals, And Trojan Greeks? nay, rather damn them with King Cerberus; and let the welkin roar.... ...nce but studies his companions Like a strange tongue, wherein, to gain the language, ’Tis needful that the most immodest word Be look’d upon and learn...

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...ope are in possession, firstly, of highly developed terri- tories of alien language and race, such as Egypt; and, sec- ondly, of barbaric and less-dev... ...ts and patches, or Dalmatia, where one extremely self-conscious nation and language is present in the towns and another in the surrounding country, or... ...still owes and intends to pay that original debt; but if you translate the language of £.s.d. into realities, you will find that in loaves or iron or ... ...an they do now, and they will in many cases be learning Russian instead of Greek or German. More of our boys will be going into the public service, an... ...pe that the Oxford and Cambridge of unphilosophical classics and Little-go Greek for everybody, don’s mathematics, bad French, ignorance of all Europe... ...peak it rather worse than a third-rate Babu speaks English, and of Ancient Greek by teachers who at best half know this fine lost language. They do no... ...ish, and of Ancient Greek by teachers who at best half know this fine lost language. They do not expect any real mastery of either tongue by their stu... ...xercises” to practice. There is a pretence of studying philosophy based on Greek texts that few of the teachers and none of the taught can read comfor... ...forming” value of any study that does not go through to an end. Manifestly Greek must be dropped as a part of the general curriculum for a highly edu-...

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...d Their Meaning EDITH WHARTON 1919 DjVu Editions Copyright © 2001 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on the first edition o... ... far behind as one of these clear headed children of the Roman forum and the Greek amphitheatre; and even if they have lost something of the sensation... ...n question knew the Germans at home, in our home, where they had to talk our language or not get on, where they had to be what we wanted them to be—or... ...etches of this heritage that have been too long allowed to run to waste: our language, our literature, and many other things pertaining to the great u... ...rown to create a stan dard of French speech: “To establish the rules of the language, and make French not only elegant, but capable of dealing with t... ...ieu was national unit,” and “The Forty do not believe that they can keep the language under discipline by merely publishing a Dictionary now and then ... ...French view of what are eu phemistically called “the facts of life” (as the Greeks called the Furies the “Ami able Ones”) is often spoken of as thou...

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...at us, there ensued a curi- ous exhibition that would be termed, in simple language, writing to the newspapers, for it took the outward form of letter... ...st be individual, distinctive, Nevil Beauchamp’s, though not in his native language. First he tried his letter in French, and lost sight of himself co... ...ended to say. The lady conscientiously did her utmost to reconcile the two languages. She softened his downrightness, passed with approval his complim... ...gh her brother. His French name rescued him from foreignness. He spoke her language with a piquant accent, unlike the pitiable English. Unlike them, h... ...ow,’ said Nevil, brooding on the fin- ished tone and womanly aplomb of her language. It made him forget that she was a girl entrusted to his guardians... ...t. Both the men laughed at the constant employment she gave them among the Greek islands in furnishing her severely accurate accounts of sea-fights an...