 Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onward, as in a breathless...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 3061871Full view - About this book
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 256 pages
...correspond with and arise out of the moral freedom and refinement of the people. Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer, who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking the gestures... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 368 pages
...contempt of mankind. Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic, with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer, who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking the gestures... | |
 | 1905 - 1004 pages
...rare union of close and subtle logic with Uie Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods, Into one irresistible...language Is that of an immortal spirit rather than n man. Bacon is, perhaps, the only writer who, in these particulars, can be compared with him." This... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...contempt of mankind. Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic, with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer, who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking die gestures... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1847 - 578 pages
...contempt of mankind. Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic, with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer, who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking the gestures... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 444 pages
...contempt of mankind. Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic, with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer, who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking the gestures... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1888 - 426 pages
...contempt of mankind. Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...is that of an immortal spirit, rather than a man. Bacon is, perhaps, the only writer who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1891 - 124 pages
...rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream...perhaps, the only writer who in these particulars can be compared with him; his imitator Cicero sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking the gestures of... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1891 - 120 pages
...perpetual sympathy. the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods, which hurry the persuasions onward as in a breathless...perhaps the only writer who in these particulars can be compared with him."* — Shelley. "No man ever had an imagination at once so strong and so thoroughly... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1897 - 356 pages
...enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods, which hurry the persuasion onward as in a breathless career. His language is that of an immortal spirit rather than of a man. Lord Bacon is, perhaps, the only writer who, in these particulars, can be compared with him.''... | |
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