 Themistocles replied, that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can only be shown by spreading and extending it out ; when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscured and lost ; and, therefore,...  Plutarch's Lives - الصفحة 263بواسطة Plutarch - 1859عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Arthur Hugh Clough - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...him two hundred talents; for it was just and reasonable that he should receive the reward which was proposed to whosoever should bring Themistocles ;...Themistocles replied, that a man's discourse was like a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can only be shown by spreading and... | |
 | Plutarch - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...him two hundred talents ; for it was just and reasonable that he should receive the reward which was proposed to whosoever should bring Themistocles ;...Themistocles replied, that a man's discourse was like a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can only be shown by spreading and... | |
 | Plutarch - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 948
...him two hundred talents ; for it was just and reasonable that be should receive the reward wbick was proposed to whosoever should bring Themistocles ;...him, he commanded him to speak freely what he would couceruuig the affairs of Greece. 1 hemUtoclcs replied, that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 1190
...been famous if I had been of Seriphus ; ' nor you, had you been of Athens." jud. Themistocles said that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian...carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can be shown only by spreading and extending it out ; when it is contracted and folded up, they are obscured... | |
 | 1903 - عدد الصفحات: 1186
...been famous if I had been of Seriphus ; * nor you, had you been of Athens." ibid. Themistocles said that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beantiful figures and patterns of which can be shown only by spreading and extending it out; when it... | |
 | General Association of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts - 1903 - عدد الصفحات: 1102
...now-a-days, there must be attractiveness to a sermon, even as Xerxes long ago was told by a literary Greek that "a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian...spreading and extending it out ; when it is contracted arid folded up, they are obscure and lost.'' A preacher can make his material attractive only as he... | |
 | 1905 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...steps on board, takes the helm and steers straight for the maelstrom. — HOLMES. Themistocles said that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and pattern of which can be shown by spreading and extending it out; when it is contracted and folded they... | |
 | Plutarch - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...him two hundred talents; for it was just and reasonable that he should receive the reward which was proposed to whosoever should bring Themistocles ;...extending it out; when it is contracted and folded ap, they are obscured and lost; and, therefore, he desired time. The king being pleased with the comparison,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...him two hundred talents; for it was just and reasonable that he should receive the reward which was proposed to whosoever should bring Themistocles ;...to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and pattems of which can only be shown by spreading and extending it out ; when it is contracted and folded... | |
 | Plutarch - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...reasonable that he should receive the reward which was proposed to whosoever should bring Themistodes; and promising much more, and encouraging him, he commanded...freely what he would concerning the affairs of Greece. Themistodes replied, that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures... | |
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