 Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd,...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 31by Plutarch - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Homerus - 1870 - 552 pages
...ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, 665 Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To...mingles both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmixed, is cursed indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
 | Joseph Taylor Goodsir - 1871 - 352 pages
...in them that, to begin with, the differing lots of men are attributed to the Divine arrangement: — Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From these the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most he mingles... | |
 | Homerus - 1874 - 494 pages
...is born to bear. Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree : They, only they are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ill ; To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmix'd, is cursed indeed ; Pursued... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1874 - 558 pages
...is born to bear. Such is, alas! the Gods' severe decree : They, only they, are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to these distributes ills ; To most he mingles both ; the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmix'd is cursed... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 498 pages
...mnifn. This sense is implied, not expressed. Pope missed it in his otherwise beautiful translation. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...one of good : From thence the cup of mortal man he tills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills, To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 488 pages
...omisit. This sense is implied, not expressed. Pope missed it in his otherwise beautiful translation. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good : From theiice the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills, To most ho mingles... | |
 | Homer - 1877 - 558 pages
...to bear ; 600 Such is, alas! the gods' severe decree; They, only they, are bless'd, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.... | |
 | 1877 - 558 pages
...his critic of the passage in Pope's Homer, quoted by Bentham : Two urns by Jove's bieh throne bave ever stood. The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal life he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributee Ills. "In the present case," he continued,... | |
 | Homer - 1878 - 596 pages
...bear. 660 ' Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; ' They, only they, are blest, and only free. ' Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, '...good ; ' From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, 665 ' Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; ' To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed... | |
 | William Harvey- Jellie - 1882 - 718 pages
...Jupiter, one of good, the other of evil, in which potions are ready for men to drink : — "Two urne by Jove's high throne have ever stood: The source...mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributee ills ; To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmixed, is cursed... | |
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