"Agora" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... permitted to express their opinion only by signs of applause or disapproval. The word then came to be used for the place where assemblies were held, and thus from its convenience as a meeting-place the agora became in most of the cities of Greece the general resort for public and especially commercial intercourse, corresponding in general with the Roman forum. At Athens, with the increase of commerce and political interest, ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... Vanity and valour generally go together. CAesar, who scratched his head with due care of his scanty curls, and even in dying thought of the folds in his toga; Walter Raleigh, who could not walk twenty yards because of the gems in his shoes; Alcibiades, who lounged into the Agora with doves in his bosom, and an apple in his hand; Murat, bedizened in gold lace and furs; and Demetrius, the City-Taker, who made himself up like a French marquise, were all pretty good fellows at fighting. A slovenly hero like Cromwell ...
— My Novel, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... home without waiting to take breath. Going upstairs he found his carroty-haired cat giving vent to piteous mewings. For two nights already it has thus been vainly summoning its faithless love, an agora Manon Lescaut, who had started on a campaign of gallantry on ...
— Bohemians of the Latin Quarter • Henry Murger
... amargurada: assi passais esta vida em disparate. [p] Vesti ora este brial, metey o bra[c,]o por aqui, ora esperay. Oo como vem t[a]o real! isto tal me parece bem a mi: ora anday. 35 H[u]s chapins aueis mister de Valen[c,]a, muy fermosos[*], eylos aqui: Agora estais vos molher de parecer. P[o]de os bra[c,]os presumptuosos, isso si, 36 passeayuos muy pomposa, [p] daqui pera ali & de laa por ca, & fantasiay. Agora estais vos fermosa como a rosa, tudo vos ...
— Four Plays of Gil Vicente • Gil Vicente |
