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" What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture. "
Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth - Page 184
by William Hazlitt - 1849 - 218 pages
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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 pages
...me not that I've essayed to please ye : Borne things herein -may not offend. — FLETCHER. What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when...puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture. — SIR THOMAS BROWNE. IE fontibus eorum, judicio arbitrioque nostro, quantum quoc[ue modo videbitur,...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...the value of the rental of all the retail shops in London. Had he asked of me what song the- Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, 1 might, with Sir Thomas Browne, have hazarded a " wide solution."* My companion saw my embarrassment,...
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The Church Quarterly Review, Volume 66

Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1908 - 548 pages
...the origins of systems of culture — often with no more hope of success than of learning 'what song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women.' But nothing will stay men from such inquiries, and if the inquirer more often than not wanders from...
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Works of Charles Lamb: Edited and Dramatic Tales, Essays and Critisms

Charles Lamb - 1876 - 740 pages
...the value of the rental of all the retail shops in London. Had he asked of me, what song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, I might, with Sir Thomas Browne, have hazarded a "wide solution." * My companion saw my embarrassment,...
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Science in Sport Made Philosophy in Earnest ; Being an Attempt to Illustrate ...

Robert Routledge - 1877 - 364 pages
...best but extremely vague upon this topic ; nevertheless — like the question of what song the sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women — the matter, though puzzling, is not beyond all conjecture. It is probable that the subscription...
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Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: And Characters of ...

William Hazlitt - 1878 - 560 pages
...The conclusion of this singular and unparalleled performance is as follows : "What song the sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself...and slept with princes and counsellors, might admit a wide solution. But who were the proprietaries of these bones, or what bodies these ashes made up,...
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The Casket of Literary Gems: Containing Tales and Sketches. Choice ...

1879 - 336 pages
...Romans themselves, or Britons Romanised, which observed the Roman customs. ******* What song the sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself...and slept with princes and counsellors, might admit a wide solution. But who were the proprietaries of these bones, or what bodies these ashes made up,...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...forward into the depths of eternity Oblivion. What song the sirens sang, or what name Achilles assnmed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions,...and slept with princes and counsellors, might admit a wide solution. But who were the proprietaries of these bones, or what bodies these ashes made up,...
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The Complete Works of Charles Lamb: Containing His Letters, Essays, Poems, Etc

Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...calculation as to the value of the rental of all the retail shops in London. Had he asked of me, what song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, I might, with Sir Thnmat Browne, have hazarded a "wide sobtion."* • Urn Burial My companion saw my...
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Essays of Elia, and Eliana. With a memoir by Barry Cornwall, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...calculation as to the value of the rental of all the retail shops in London. Had he asked of me what song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, I might, with Sir Thomas Browne, have hazarded a "wide solution." ' My companion saw my embarrassment,...
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