Also rests are allowed for in the verse of the ancients and, though not professedly, in ours like the rests in music. |
But the popular notion that the ancients did not regard slavery as morally problematic is unpersuasive. |
The ancients knew the art of spinning amianthus and weaving it into incombustible cloth in which the corpses of important people were burned. |
Some ancients still get a sparkle in their eyes when they remember surfing both swells. |
As times passed, times changed and, though many relicts of the ancients disappeared, this memorial became prized for its beauty and antiquity. |
As Jean Seznec established, medieval writers considered themselves the cultural heirs of the ancients. |