 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1855 - 428 pages
...beggar, he burst into tears, exclaiming to Canibyses, who demanded the reason of this sudden outburst, " Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too...expressed by lamentation ; but the griefs of my friend are worthy of tears ; for he has fallen from abundance and prosperity into beggary and want " — a... | |
 | James Talboys Wheeler - 1855 - 486 pages
...have wept at the humiliation of his own daughter, or execution of his own son. Psammenitus replied, " Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to be expressed by lamentations ; but the griefs of my friend were worthy of tears, for he has fallen from abundance and... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pages
...highly concerned for a poor man, no way related tothee?" Psamincnitus returned the following answer : " Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to leave me the power of weeping ; but the misfortunes"of a companion, reduced in his old age to want... | |
 | Rev. John Reid - 1875 - 406 pages
...highly concerned for a poor man, no way related to thee ?" Psammenitus returned the following answer: " Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to leave me the power of weeping ; but the misfortunes of a companion, reduced in his old age to want... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...no way related to you, as he is informed." He then, asked this question, but Psammenitus answered as follows : " Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family...Cambyses to be well said ; and, as the Egyptians relate, Croesus wept, for he had attended Cambyses into Egypt, and the Persians that were present wept also... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1902 - 282 pages
...tears at the sight of a beggar who was no relation to him ? To this question Psammetichus replied, " Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are " too...by lamentation ; but the " griefs of my friend were so worthy of tears, who, " having fallen from abundance and prosperity, has " come to beggary on the... | |
 | William Theobald - 1909 - 418 pages
...humiliated, and your son led to execution, you did not bewail or lament. To which Psammenitus replies, — ' Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too...but the griefs of my friend were worthy of tears.' " ("Thalia" III. 14). The same sentiment, of greater weight attaching to individual griefs than to... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...highly concerned for a poor man no way related to thee ?' Psammenitus returned the following answer, ' Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to leave me the power of weeping ; but the misfortunes of a companion, reduced in his old age to want... | |
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Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to leave me the power of weeping : but the misfortunes of a companion, reduced in his old age to want of bread, is a fit subject for lamentation. 
