And the light-hearted race of birds, and the tribes of savage beasts, and the sea-brood of the deep, he snares in the meshes of his woven toils, he leads captive, man excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who... Littell's Living Age - Page 4631907Full view - About this book
| Sophocles - Greek drama - 1891 - 382 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills ; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech, and wind-swift »nd strophe. after ¿, perhaps v. 351 Хсклайхе^а #' йлго»... | |
| William Croswell Doane - Easter - 1910 - 304 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts/the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills1; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull) And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state,^hath he taught himself; and... | |
| William Croswell Doane - Easter - 1910 - 304 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself; and... | |
| George Willis Botsford, Ernest Gottlieb Sihler - History - 1915 - 758 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills ; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech and swift-winged thought and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself ;... | |
| University of Pennsylvania - 1917 - 922 pages
...toils, ingenious man. He masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. Speech and thought, swift as the wind, and all the moods befitting city life hath he taught himself;... | |
| Lane Cooper - Greece - 1917 - 330 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. 'And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself ;... | |
| Ernest Trafford Campagnac - Education - 1926 - 500 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills ; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself ;... | |
| National Catholic Educational Association - 1927 - 1442 pages
...that "wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man ... he masters by his arts the beast ... he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself ;... | |
| Th. C. W. Oudemans, André P. M. H. Lardinois - History - 1987 - 300 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself; and... | |
| Karsten Harries - Architecture - 2001 - 400 pages
...excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beasts whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills; he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke...upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull. And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself; and... | |
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