Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say something of his moral and intellectual qualities . Nor , we are ...
... principle , we intend to take advantage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say something of his moral and intellectual qualities . Nor , we are ...
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... principles of dramatic writing , we shall in- stantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall in- stantly condemn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
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... principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods and ...
... principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is reason to believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the necessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innumerable crowd of Gods and ...
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... principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux ...
... principle which had assisted it began to corrupt it . It became a new Paganism . Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux ...
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... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
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