 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 436 Seiten
...hundred of his domestics carrying spices. No. 1308. — xxi. Ig. When thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee.~\...submitting to the direction of the victor. Thus Theocritus : And hands uprais'd with death-presaging mind, At once the fight and victory deelin'd. Idyll, xxii.... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 434 Seiten
...xxi. 18. When thou shall be old, thou shall stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thec.] It was customary in the ancient combats for the vanquished...submitting to the direction of the victor. Thus Theocritus : And hands uprais'd with death-presaging mind, At once the fight and victory declin'd. Idyll, xxii.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 798 Seiten
...fly round Their heads and cheeks; their crackling jaws resound. Pitt. 169. And, hands uprais'd, &c.] It was customary in the ancient combats for the vanquished...person to stretch out his hands to the conqueror, ..,.'._, 11. •; that he declined the batlle, acknowIDYLLIUM XXII. PART THE SECOND. ARGUMENT. Castor... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - 428 Seiten
...hundred of his domestics carrying spices. No. 1308. — xxi. 18. When thou shall be old, thou, shall stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee.]...submitting to the direction of the victor. Thus Theocritus : And hands uprais'd with death-presaging mind. At once the fight and victory declin'd. Idyll, xxii.... | |
 | 1813 - 514 Seiten
...Customs (vol. 2. p. 352. third Edilion) on St. John c. xxi. 18. •' When thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee...the vanquished person to stretch out his hands to die conqueror, signifying that he declined the battle> acknowledging that he was conquered, and submitting... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 Seiten
...abandoned their baggage, and fled from their pursuers, almost in a state of complete nudity .m ' ; It was customary in the ancient combats, for the vanquished...conqueror, signifying that he declined the battle, yielded the victory, and submitted to the direction of the victor. So, Turnus in Virgil : — — —... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1859 - 374 Seiten
...of stretching out the hands being among the Jews and Romans of that day a mark of submission. 902. It was customary in the ancient combats for the vanquished person to throw up or stretch out his hands to the conqueror, signifying that he deelined the battle, yielded... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1859 - 360 Seiten
...of stretching out the hands being among the Jews and Romans of that day a mark of submission. 902. It was customary in the ancient combats for the vanquished person to throw up or stretch out his hands to the conqueror, signifying that ho declined the battle, yielded... | |
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When thou shall be old, thou, shall stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee.] It was customary in the ancient combats for the vanquished person to stretch out his hands to the conqueror, signifying that he declined the battle, acknowledging... 