Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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Page 8
... continually appear in those petty contests with others by which we do but show our own cowardice . The Greeks , on the con- trary , lived only for their country , and drew every- thing within the sphere of their national views ; their ...
... continually appear in those petty contests with others by which we do but show our own cowardice . The Greeks , on the con- trary , lived only for their country , and drew every- thing within the sphere of their national views ; their ...
Page 18
... continually restraining and checking his native energies . These difficulties the influence of Christianity overcame , but subjected the epic poet to others still more discouraging , as I shall endeavor to show by a brief reference to ...
... continually restraining and checking his native energies . These difficulties the influence of Christianity overcame , but subjected the epic poet to others still more discouraging , as I shall endeavor to show by a brief reference to ...
Page 94
... continually varying in hue and form . Hamlet . Do you see yonder cloud , that's almost in the shape of a camel ? Polonius . By the mass , and ' tis like a camel in- deed . Hamlet . Methinks , it is like a weasel . Polonius . It is ...
... continually varying in hue and form . Hamlet . Do you see yonder cloud , that's almost in the shape of a camel ? Polonius . By the mass , and ' tis like a camel in- deed . Hamlet . Methinks , it is like a weasel . Polonius . It is ...
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admiration Aristotle beauty become beneath bloom bosom Boston breast breath bright child childlike Christ Christian consciousness creations dæmon dark death Divine doth earth ence endeavor to show epic interest epic poem epic poetry eternal exhibit existence Father feel felt flower forever free agency genius gift give Hamlet hand Harfleur hast hear heart heaven heroes heroic character heroic spirit Homer hour human mind Iliad impulse influence JAMES BROWN light live look Lucan Macbeth Menelaus Milton motive Nathaniel Parker natural action never night o'er objects onward ourselves outward Paradise Lost perfect play poet poet's Polonius possessed praise present rejoice rendered rest robes seems selfishness sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's mind song soul speak stand strange stream strongly sweet tell thee thine things thou thought tion tism tongue tree uncon unconscious utter Virgil visible voice wind wonder words