The frequency with which fragments of him are encountered in papyri shows how popular his work was in Egypt in the third and fourth centuries.
I will only point out the erroneousness of the popular view, that Greek portraits were conventional and uninteresting; and that it was the Romans who introduced individuality into portraiture.
It has practically determined modern plant nomenclature both popular and scientific.
Aretaeus was a very popular writer among the Greeks in all ages, but he was not translated into Latin, and was unknown in the West until the middle of the sixteenth century.
When the Hittite power was at its height, Minoan 'art' had long been practised in Crete, and according to the most popular chronology, had already passed its prime and given way to the art of Mycenae and Tiryns.
The bitter-sweet of truth is not alwayspopular on the hustings; but it is good feeding for the plain citizen, whether ancient or modern.
In the middle of the thirteenth century some of the better-known Aphorisms were absorbed into a very popular Latin poem that went forth in the name of the medical school of Salerno, though with a false ascription to a yet earlier date.
But perhaps our poet would have wrote better in both kinds of the drama, had not the necessity of his circumstances obliged him to comply with the popular taste.
A glimpse of the manuscripts of the late Charles Dickens, which now form part of the 'Forster Collection' in the South Kensington Museum, conjures up a vision of numerous characters in his popular novels.
It is sufficient for our purpose that early in the fifteenth century it was at least as popular with all classes as it is to-day.
Their principal characteristics are a love of large plaids, and a choice vocabulary of popular idiomatic forms of speech; and these will sufficiently define them in the saloons of the theatres and in the cigar divans.
Concerning its popular name, "Temple of Janus," he has some very interesting information to give.
The popular legend in its present form goes on to recount how a certain woman, accompanied by her child, went to the stone of the Wivern, instead of going to Mass, intending to take his treasure.
One of them, a popular melody, was echoed through the little settlement, where faint voices caught up the chorus, and the night was wildly and weirdly musical.
They were cannibals, and no doubt were hungry, and may have eaten in their fashion, but it is said to have been an acquired taste, and was not at all popular in this region.
The Study in Horror was first made popular by Poe, and he has had almost no successful imitators.
It stands in relation to Bach’s other works something as the mystical last quartets of Beethoven do to his more popular creations.
And also determine now, definitely, that no matter how popular slang becomes in the less refined circles of society, you will never use it because you know that it is the badge of vulgarity.
The elaborate decorations and fashionable conventions that attended the minuet and quadrille of several decades ago have given way to a jolly informality which makes the dance so delightful and popular a way of entertaining.
One reason why golf is so popular is that it is a sport in which old and young can join on an equal footing.
But bridge, perhaps by virtue of its very element of chance, is to-day one of the most popular indoor games.
Since then it has flourished and developed, until to-day it is as popular as tennis, hockey, baseball and golf.
Perhaps if we exclude whist, bridge has taken a greater hold upon the popular imagination than any other card-game ever invented.
The hostess who knows the various games that are popular among the younger and older sets, will be able to spend many jolly, pleasant mornings and afternoons with her guests.
Both the square or round table are appropriate, the latter being the most popular since it is easier to make attractive.
In these days of gay festivities and continual hospitalities, it is not unusual for a popular guest to be invited to two receptions in one evening.
Tulle, chiffon, net and silk georgette are the mostpopular materials.
The game speedily became one of the most popularones in social circles.
The first object of my new companion was to inform me that he was well born, that he had been educated at Oxford, and that he was the most popular man at Bath; indeed, so much so that he was called the Beau Nash of the road.
Lincoln Stanhope was one of the most popular men of the day.
In many places a popular belief prevails that such stones are found in the heads of snakes.
His schemes of education were vast; they were the last vigorous attempt at popular enlightenment in the Middle Ages.
There are few words in the English language which produce a more painful impression upon the popular mind than does the word Poison, and there are at least two valid reasons why it should be so.
He worked his way out of ignorance; he gave an impetus to popular education and literature; I do not believe that he was unable to write.
The popular notion of a hero is the more refined one, although Robin be merely ‘a good yeoman.
It gives in a popular form, in a charmingly simple and picturesque style, the fascinating romances of the old German epics.
Mr. Bayard Taylor says that the literary bloom of the eighteenth century in Germany was largely indebted to the popular guilds of the “mastersingers” of preceding centuries.
The oft-uttered words of Vladimir, “I fear to sin,” indicate the change that was gradually effected in the popular mind.
The word means a native of Indiana, and has a rare popular sense of a backwoodsman, a rustic.
Here a chance word of mine, miscalled by an ignorant loafer, catches the popular fancy and passes into Literature.
Popular opinions are very loose and indefinite, both as to the true definition of law, and also as to the principle, by virtue of which law results from the compacts or contracts of mankind with each other.
It is in great demand in Tokyo, while its imported, or professedly imported, rivals have freely percolated into the interior, so popular with the upper and upper middle classes have malt liquors become.
Though not so beloved of bora, the bay was most popular with other fish.
Ermatinger waspopular among the Americans, and received the entire French vote, and was declared duly elected by the Legislative Committee.
This rendered him popular among the settlers, and secured his election as a representative for that district for several years, although his education was quite limited.
Mr. Burnett claimed great credit for getting up a prohibitory liquor law, and made several speeches in favor of sustaining it, that being a popular measure among a majority of the citizens.
One of them possessed a Continental edition, and the other was immensely popular because of its topical illustrations.
He was popular and important; and I blessed all my stars because I had met him in England.
He seemed to be a popular fellow, even better liked in general than his dreamy, poetical brother; and as his friends guessed that he had unselfishly stood in the background for Perry's sake, all were pleased with his good fortune.
The festival was to end at nightfall with a somewhat rude popular pageant, in which the person of Winter would be hunted blindfold through the streets.
Had he turned, indeed, to a practical career it would have been less in the direction of the military or political life than of another form of enterprise popular with his countrymen.
Popular belief amused itself with reports of the wizard who inhabited or haunted the place, his fantastic treasures, his immense age.
Indeed, in spite of his miseries he had taken to dining out a good deal, and was popular as an eater of dinners.
He was one of the most popular, if not the most popular politician in the country.
On three or four occasions there was some cheering when a popular man or a great leader came in; but the work of the day left but little clear impression on the mind of the young member.
He could not give other help for any long term, as the very fact of his accepting power and patronage would take from him his popular leadership.
To be an independent representative of a really popular commercial constituency is, in my estimation, the highest object of an Englishman's ambition.
But then Mr. Monk himself enjoyed the satisfaction of sitting for a popular Constituency.
It may not therefore be inappropriate if I tell you in this chapter of the history of that game which has become so universally popular wherever our countrymen live.
St. Valentine was a priest and martyr in Italy in the third century, and had nothing to do with the popular commemoration of the day.
It seems to have been observed more by the descendants of the Celts than by the Saxons; and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland were the homes of many of the popular superstitions connected with this festival.
The observance of Hock-tide seems to have been particularly popular in the ancient town of Reading.
An old writer thus describes a water tournament, which seems to have been a popular pastime among the youths of London at Easter--"They fight battels on the water.
Twelfth Night was a verypopular festival, when honour was done to the memory of the Three Wise Men from the East, who were called the Three Kings.
Although the sport has died out as a popular pastime, the old name, the butts, remains in many a town and village, recording the spot where our forefathers acquired their famous skill.
It was probably introduced into Scotland from Holland, and was a popular pastime as early as 1457.
This old man repeated whole cycles of myth and serials of popular history, holding his audience-chamber in whatever corner of the open court or square he happened upon, and always surrounded by an eager crowd of listeners.
The pictures and the retelling are bothpopular with children, but neither is as dear to them as the third form of reproduction of which I wish to speak.
Toward evening a vast crowd assembled at the place appointed to witness the hostile meeting; and so great was the popular recklessness as to affairs of the sort, that numerous and considerable sums were wagered on the result.
These nuns seem to have been fed with the strong meat of Eckhart's mystical philosophy; in the more popular sermons he tried to be intelligible to all.
They tried to burn her books--those religious love songs which had already endeared her to German popular sentiment.
