 ... failed to warn him of the hour — to dine. Then sturdy Romans sauntered through the Forum. Fat, hale, content ; for trouble ne'er came o'er them. But now these cursed dials show their faces, All over Rome, in streets and public places; And men, to...  American Anthropologist - Página 421888Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1890 - 928 páginas
...Rome, in streets and public places ; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That lias tio heart, no stomach, no digestion. They watch the creeping...deficiencies of the sun-dial, so history repeated itself in Koine. Pliny ascribes its introduction to Scipio Nasica in the year of Rome 595 (158 uc). Of the form... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1908 - 708 páginas
...over Rome in streets and public places; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That has no heart, no stomach, no digestion, They watch the...please, Confound the villain that invented these ! As in Greece so in Rome, the clepsydra followed in the wake of the sundial, and as in the case of the... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1908 - 716 páginas
...over Rome in streets and public places; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That has no heart, no stomach, no digestion, They watch the...please, Confound the villain that invented these! As in Greece so in Rome, the clepsydra followed in the wake of the sundial, and as in the case of the... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1908 - 726 páginas
...over Rome in streets and public places; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That has no heart, no stomach, no digestion, They watch the...please, Confound the villain that invented these! As in Greece so in Rome, the clepsydra followed in the wake of the sundial, and as in the case of the... | |
 | Charles Hubbard Judd - 1926 - 362 páginas
...over Rome, in streets and public places ; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That has no heart, no stomach, no digestion. They watch the...you please, Confound the villain that invented these ! 1 The water clock was paralleled in its later history by another mechanical device which is said... | |
 | Leon Carroll Marshall - 1926 - 520 páginas
...over Rome, in streets and public places; And men, to know the hour, the cold stone question That has no heart, no stomach, no digestion. They watch the...old timepiece, if you please, Confound the villain who invented these!1 The water clock. — But the sundial was far from satisfactory as a time measurer.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1890 - 870 páginas
...know the hour, the cold stuno question, That has no heart, no stomach, no digestion. They watch tho creeping shadows — daily thinner — Shadows themselves,...deficiencies of the sun-dial, so history repeated itself in Home. Pliny ascribes its introduction to Scipio Nasica in the year of Rome 595 (158 B. c.). Of Hie... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1890 - 874 páginas
...sturdy Romans 'sauntered through the Forum, Fat, hale, content ; for trouble ne'er came o'er them. Bat now these cursed dials show their faces All over Rome,...ascribes its introduction to Scipio Nasica in the year of Borne 595 (158 B. c.). Of the form of this clepsydra we have no knowledge, butit was no longer a mere... | |
 | 1890 - 876 páginas
...But now these cursed dial* show their faces All over Rome, in streets and public places ; And mon, to know the hour, the cold stone question, That lias...Shadows themselves, impatient for their dinner. Give mi- the good old time-piece, if you please, Confound the villain that invented these1. As formerly,... | |
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