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Excerpt from Breviary Treasures: The Olympian and Pythian Odes of Pindar Pindar, the most illustrious of the lyric poets of Greece, was born at Kynoskephale, near Thebes, in Boeotia, about 520 B. C. The pretty legend of the prophetic bees settling on his infant lips and leaving their honey there, hints at his early inclination for music and poetry. His mother, Myrto or Myrtis, herself a lyric poet, first taught him to combine simplicity and e...

Excerpt from The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., Vol. 3Cats may look upon a King, I hope, y write a letter to a Pope, hand and glove with Heav'n~-a great connexion!'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving ...

Excerpt from Guide to the Nature Treasures of New York City: American Museum of Natural History New York Aquarium, New York Zoölogical Park and Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Museum, Botanic Garden and Children's MuseumAcknowledgments are due to Mr. Madison Grant, Dr. W. T. Hornaday and Dr. Charles H. Townsend of the New York Zoological Society, to Dr. N. L. Britton of the New York Botanical Garden, to Director W. H. Fox and the Curators of the Br...

Excerpt from The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., Vol. 1 of 5: To Which Are Prefixed Memoirs of the Author's LifeThen hear me, Guardians of the sacred Tree, And stick a Leaf or two about my wig.In Sonnet, Ode, and legendary Tale, Soon will the press my tuneful Works display Then do not damn 'em, and prevent the sale.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis...

Excerpt from The Odes of Pindar: Including the Principal Fragments Pindar, the greatest of the lyrical poets of Greece, was a native of Boeotia. He was born at Cynos-cephalae, about half a mile to the west of Thebes. He has himself recorded the fact that the date of his birth coincided with the celebration of the Pythian festival at Delphi, a festival that always fell in the third of the four years of the Olympic period. According to the lexi...

Excerpt from London Legends, Vol. 2 of 2 A feeling, somewhat similar to this, forced on the citizens of London, in the fifteenth century, the expediency of making some effort to rid themselves of a daring rebel, who was each day manifesting his real character. Every wealthy man considered himself as marked for the next visit of Cade, and therefore every man who had anything to lose, was clamorous for the taking of some vigorous step to abate ...

Excerpt from The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., Vol. 3 of 5: To Which Are Prefixed Memoirs of the Author's Life With Demons once thy spir'it dared engage, r. T L a Spit on the Mob that Freedom's ensigns bone, 1, is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art...

Excerpt from Remarkable Biography: Or the Peculiarities and Eccentricities of the Human Character Displayed To those who are in the habit of traversing the streets of the Metropolis, particularly in the vicinity of St. Paul's and Blackfriars, the extraordinary diminutive personage who bears this name, will be familiar, since it is generally acknowledged that the accompanying portrait is an exact likeness. The peculiar formation of this singul...

Excerpt from The Odes of Pindar in English Prose, Vol. 1 of 2 It is remarked by Dr. Johnson, that those authors should be read at schools, which supply most axioms of prudence and most principles of moral truth. This being the case, it must be granted, that the study of Pindar ought to form an indispensable part of classic education, for, although some of the ancient poets may, perhaps, equal him in sublimity of conception, it cannot be denie...

Excerpt from Pindariana, Or Peter's Portfolio: Containing Tale, Fable, Translation, Ode, Elegy, Epigram, Song, Pastoral, Letters, With Extracts From Tragedy, Comedy, Opera, &C, Reader, Pleasant and numerous are the volumes in ana, viz. Scaligeriana, Thuana, Huetiana, Menagiana, Chævreana, Carpenteriana, &c., to which I have added, for thine amusement, Pindariana. May the spirits of Chaucer, of Shakespeare, of Cervantes, of Rabelais, of Ste...

A humorous story about 3 mischievous crocs who scheme to crash Zebra's birthday party and eat everyone up! Addresses the topic of inclusion and friendship.

Excerpt from The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., Vol. 1The Tears of Saint Margaret, alfo, Odes of Condolence to the high and mighty Mufical Direétors, on their Downfall.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserv...

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., A Distant Relation to the Poet of Thebes: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs and Anecdotes of the AuthorAs far as we hay-e been able to trace the poetiicai ca reer of our author, his works haveaappeared in the fol lowing Order. His fi1h produétion was, an epistle TO the reviewers, a compofition of truly ironical and laughable fatire. -the next offspring of his Mufe, was, : lyric Ones TO the ro...

Excerpt from Hair Powder: A Plaintive Epistle to Mr. PittT o lull with opiate draughté a Kingdom's groans, Patchragged crowns, and cobble'crazy thrones The modea bars, at five Endgames, bear-z} Nor may the muse's widhi Wound thine ear.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

The series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page. There are now over 100 volumes, representing the greater part of classical Greek and Latin literature. The aim of the series remains that of including the works of all the principal classical authors. Although this has been largely accomplished, new volumes are still being published to fill the remaining gap, and old editions are bein...

Excerpt from The Royal Tour, and Weymouth Amusements: A Solemn and Reprimanding Epistle to the Laureat, Pitt's Flight to Wimbledon, an Ode, An Ode to the French, Ode to the Charity Mill in Windsor-Park, A Hint to a Poor Democrat, Ode to the Queen's Elephant, The Sorrows of Sunday, An ElegyHow like his golden brother of the lky, When nature thunders, and the fiorm is high N ow in, now out of clouds, behind, before.About the PublisherForgotten B...

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