 | John Martin F. Wright - 1827 - 632 pages
...lectures I much profittcd from, not only in the Greek play, but also from those on Herodotus, Livy, Ar . which he subsequently delivered to the men of my year....manner, were chanted. " The word TRAGEDY is derived from rptryoe a goat, the victim offered at these sacrifices, and which was likewise proposed as a prize... | |
 | 1845 - 854 pages
...doctor's evidence, bearing on the deadly effects of foul air, we must leave this part of the subject. 'It will be proper to say a few words as to the nature of •he effluvia arising from cess-pools, and other offensive «I'lrces. The principal gas given out... | |
 | Charities - 1845 - 434 pages
...the metropolis." (p. 104.) Before stating the proportion of deaths from consumption, in Liverpool, it will be proper to say a few words as to the nature of the effluvia arising from privies, cesspools, &c. The principal gas given out from these deposits... | |
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Professor), ere we commence our criticisms upon the play before us, it will be proper to say a few words as to the nature, origin, and progress, of the Ancient Drama, generally. 