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I felt as though I must have lived before, as though I must have known this woman. "And Villon's lines came to my mind like a sob: Tell me where, and in what place Is Flora, the beautiful Roman, Hipparchia and Thais Who was her cousin-german? Echo answers in the breeze O'er river and lake that blows, Their beauty was above all praise, But where are last year's snows?
Butterflies are rare; the few are mostly Colias, Hipparchia, Polyommatus, and Melitaea; these I have seen feeding at 17,000 feet; when found higher, they have generally been carried up by currents. Of beetles, an Aphodeus, in yak-droppings, and an Elaphrus, a predaceous genus inhabiting swamps, are almost the only ones I saw.
Hindoos, local difference of stature among; difference of, from Europeans; colour of the beard in. Hipparchia Janira, instability of the ocellated spots of. Hippocampus, development of; marsupial receptacles of the male. Hippocampus minor. Hippopotamus, nakedness of. Hips, proportions of, in soldiers and sailors. Hodgson, S., on the sense of duty.
Every object has one λόγος or thing to be said about it; if you say a different λόγος you are speaking of something else. Laert., fragments in Mullach, vol. ii, and the article in Pauly-Wissowa. 'The doctrine also captured Metrocles' sister, Hipparchia. She loved Crates, his words, and his way of life, and paid no attention to any of her suitors, however rich or highborn or handsome.
Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora, the lovely Roman? Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thaïs, Neither of them the fairer woman? One sees how Rossetti is inclined to romanticize that which is already romantic beyond one's dreams in its naked and golden simplicity.
"An Hipparchia," said the Doctor, "Sam saw him first and gave chase." "You seem to be making quite a naturalist of my boy, Doctor. I am sincerely obliged to you. If we can make him take to that sort of thing it may keep him out of much mischief." "He will never get into much," said the Doctor, "unless I am mistaken; he is the most docile child I ever came across. It is a pleasure to be with him.
I felt as though I must have lived before, as though I must have known this woman. "And Villon's lines came to my mind like a sob: Tell me where, and in what place Is Flora, the beautiful Roman, Hipparchia and Thais Who was her cousin-german? Echo answers in the breeze O'er river and lake that blows, Their beauty was above all praise, But where are last year's snows?
It tells us of Artemisia, who erected to her husband a mausoleum which was one of the wonders of the world; of Telesilla, the poetess, who saved Argos by her courage; of Hipparchia, who married a deformed and ugly cynic, in order that she might make attainments in learning and philosophy; of Phantasia, who wrote a poem on the Trojan war, which Homer himself did not disdain to utilize; of Sappho, who invented a new measure in lyric poetry, and who was so highly esteemed that her countrymen stamped their money with her image; of Volumnia, screening Rome from the vengeance of her angry son; of Servilia, parting with her jewels to secure her father's liberty; of Sulpicia, who fled from the luxuries of Rome to be a partner of the exile of her husband; of Hortensia, pleading for justice before the triumvirs in the market-place; of Octavia, protecting the children of her rival Cleopatra; of Lucretia, destroying herself rather than survive the dishonor of her house; of Cornelia, inciting her sons, the Gracchi, to deeds of patriotism; and many other illustrious women.
The females alone of two species of Thecla have a bright-purple or orange patch on their fore-wings. In Hipparchia the sexes do not differ much; but it is the female of H. janira which has a conspicuous light-brown patch on her wings; and the females of some of the other species are brighter coloured than their males.
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