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" ... times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively low estimation in which female society was held: but the devotedness and constancy with which these attachments were maintained, was not the less admirable and engaging. The heroic companions whom... "
The History of Greece - Page 200
by Connop Thirlwall - 1855
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A History of Greece, Volume 1

Connop Thirlwall - Greece - 1845 - 1178 pages
...to have but one heart and soul, with scarcely a wish or object apart, and only to live, as they were always ready to die, for one another. It is true that...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 2

Homer - 1853 - 336 pages
...? Whate'er the cause, reveal thy secret care, And speak those sorrows which a friend would share." times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope, with notes by T.A. Buckley

Homerus - 1874 - 494 pages
...later times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively low estimation in which female rociety was held : but the devotedness and constancy with...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. "Such were the friendships...
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The Iliad [of Homer].

Homer - 1883 - 524 pages
...connected with the comparatively low estimation in which female society was held : but the devotednesa and constancy with which these attachments were maintained,...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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The Iliad of Homer

Homer - 1884 - 500 pages
...prominent in the earliest, than in later times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively iow estimation in which female society was held : but...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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The Iliad of Homer, Book 1; Book 6; Book 22

Homer - 1896 - 208 pages
...share in the revenge. Cf. Book XXIV., line 513. 408. Disgrace. See note on line 200, Book VI. 483-490. "The heroic companions whom we find celebrated, partly...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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Ioläus: An Anthology of Friendship

Edward Carpenter - Classical poetry - 1906 - 316 pages
...and durable friendships ; and this is a feature no less prominent in the earliest than in the latest times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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Anthology of Friendship: (Ioläus)

Edward Carpenter - Friendship - 1915 - 256 pages
...held ; but the devotedness and constancy with which these attachments were maintained was not tiie less admirable and engaging. The heroic companions...while it often adds a peculiar charm to the poetical description, detracts little from the dignity of the idea which it presents. Such were the friendships...
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