Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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Jones Very. Romans . Lucan , while his characters exhibit the true heroic spirit of his age , fails of giving to them their due influence , from the want of some region of fiction beyond the dominion of history in which to place them ...
Jones Very. Romans . Lucan , while his characters exhibit the true heroic spirit of his age , fails of giving to them their due influence , from the want of some region of fiction beyond the dominion of history in which to place them ...
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... heroic spirit of their own day , at least , in its noblest development , they could not make a Cato or a Brutus cotemporary with an Achilles or an Ajax ; they must evoke the heroic spirits of other days , spirits reluctant to obey the ...
... heroic spirit of their own day , at least , in its noblest development , they could not make a Cato or a Brutus cotemporary with an Achilles or an Ajax ; they must evoke the heroic spirits of other days , spirits reluctant to obey the ...
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... heroic spirit of his age , and surround his heroes with supernatural agents , capable of raising for his action the highest admiration , subjected him to a far greater difficulty than any yet experienced by former poets ; that of ...
... heroic spirit of his age , and surround his heroes with supernatural agents , capable of raising for his action the highest admiration , subjected him to a far greater difficulty than any yet experienced by former poets ; that of ...
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