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'ff T is said of the younger Antigonus , that when he was told that his i- son was slain in battle , he . went to look upon the body , but he neither changed colour nor wept . He commended him as a valiant soldier , and ordered him to be buried . Note . —Might not this suggest to Addison , the circumstance of Cato ' s receiving the dead body of his son with this exclamation :
" Thanks to the Gods , my boy has done his duty . " There are , however , several such traits in antiquity : the mother of Brasiclas only asked whether Iter son had died bravely .
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A YOUNG man named Eretrius , was for a considerable time a follower of Zeno . On his return home , his father asked him , what he had learned . The other replied , thatwould hereafterappcaT . On this , the father being enraged , beat his son , who , bearing it patiently , and without complaining , said , he had learned this , —To endure a parent ' s anger .
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DIOGENES , being at Olyiripia , saw at that celebrated festival some young men of Rhodes ' magnificent !} - arrayed . Smiling , he exclaimed , " this is pride . " Afterwards , meeting with some Lacedaemonians-in a mean and sordid dress , iie said , " and this also is pride .
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TpURYDAMASof Cvrene obtained the victory in boxing . His -L * adversary had knocked out his teeth , but them he swallowed , that the accident mig ht not be seen by the opponent .
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A SUITOR once came from the Hellespont to Gnafhama , the famous courtezan of Athens , allured by her celebrity . He prated so much over his cups as to be very troublesome ; Gnathama , interrupting him , said , " What , Sir , said she , is it true , that you came from the Hellespont ? " " It is , " replied her lover . " How happens it , " returned the lady , " that you are not acquainted with its prin' ? " he returned Si " said
cipal city ?" " W'l'ichis that " ; " gettm , Gnathtena . By this ingenious play upon the word , she silenced him . Note , —Sige , or Try * , in Greek , means silence .
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'ff T is said of the younger Antigonus , that when he was told that his i- son was slain in battle , he . went to look upon the body , but he neither changed colour nor wept . He commended him as a valiant soldier , and ordered him to be buried . Note . —Might not this suggest to Addison , the circumstance of Cato ' s receiving the dead body of his son with this exclamation :
" Thanks to the Gods , my boy has done his duty . " There are , however , several such traits in antiquity : the mother of Brasiclas only asked whether Iter son had died bravely .
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FROM THE SAME .
A YOUNG man named Eretrius , was for a considerable time a follower of Zeno . On his return home , his father asked him , what he had learned . The other replied , thatwould hereafterappcaT . On this , the father being enraged , beat his son , who , bearing it patiently , and without complaining , said , he had learned this , —To endure a parent ' s anger .
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FROM THE SAME .
DIOGENES , being at Olyiripia , saw at that celebrated festival some young men of Rhodes ' magnificent !} - arrayed . Smiling , he exclaimed , " this is pride . " Afterwards , meeting with some Lacedaemonians-in a mean and sordid dress , iie said , " and this also is pride .
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FROM THE SAME .
TpURYDAMASof Cvrene obtained the victory in boxing . His -L * adversary had knocked out his teeth , but them he swallowed , that the accident mig ht not be seen by the opponent .
From The Same.
FROM THE SAME .
A SUITOR once came from the Hellespont to Gnafhama , the famous courtezan of Athens , allured by her celebrity . He prated so much over his cups as to be very troublesome ; Gnathama , interrupting him , said , " What , Sir , said she , is it true , that you came from the Hellespont ? " " It is , " replied her lover . " How happens it , " returned the lady , " that you are not acquainted with its prin' ? " he returned Si " said
cipal city ?" " W'l'ichis that " ; " gettm , Gnathtena . By this ingenious play upon the word , she silenced him . Note , —Sige , or Try * , in Greek , means silence .