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 with Nemesis, the goddess of temperance; and that the Greeks, in order to avert envy, were in the habit of saying, "I do homage to Nemesis,"—.

Maturing Time Teacheth all things.

See Pindar's tenth Olymp.

Time, the corrector when our judgments err; The test of love, truth; sole philosopher; For all besides are sophists!"Childe Harold, Canto 4.

In vain thou chafest me with exhortation, As waves the rock.

Gataker, in his annotations on Marcus Antoninus, has many interesting observations on this idea, which he traces up to Homer. Elmsley and Blomfield endeavour to turn the wave into Prometheus instead of into Mercury; and against Morell and Butler, and the disciples of Apostolius. It is a poetical, not a grammatical question; and I cannot help thinking that poetry decides as my translation has done.