Social Life in Greece from Homer to MenanderMacmillan, 1874 - 495 strani |
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... beauty of the simile , by which the poet pictures the joy of Ulysses , when , after two nights and two days in the deep , he sees land from the summit of the great rocking wave ( 394 ) : ' As dear as the [ returning ] life of a father ...
... beauty of the simile , by which the poet pictures the joy of Ulysses , when , after two nights and two days in the deep , he sees land from the summit of the great rocking wave ( 394 ) : ' As dear as the [ returning ] life of a father ...
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... beauty and rank might attain . There can be no doubt that this passage was very similar to the fuller catalogue of female worthies known as the ' Hoîal and ascribed to Hesiod . Despite of all that the advocates of Homeric morals may say ...
... beauty and rank might attain . There can be no doubt that this passage was very similar to the fuller catalogue of female worthies known as the ' Hoîal and ascribed to Hesiod . Despite of all that the advocates of Homeric morals may say ...
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... beauty alone , and so degrades his higher genius to a baser level . But these considerations lead us on to a more inter- esting question , and one on which authors have been almost uniformly astray , the question of the position of ...
... beauty alone , and so degrades his higher genius to a baser level . But these considerations lead us on to a more inter- esting question , and one on which authors have been almost uniformly astray , the question of the position of ...
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... beauty , but unworthy of him in moral character ; and this poem was celebrated and much quoted by the ancients . A less remarkable poet , Simonides of Amorgos , has left us a more complete fragment on this question— the celebrated poem ...
... beauty , but unworthy of him in moral character ; and this poem was celebrated and much quoted by the ancients . A less remarkable poet , Simonides of Amorgos , has left us a more complete fragment on this question— the celebrated poem ...
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... beauty and interest which passion lends to every product of human art , but homely too and truthful , not shirking poor admissions nor disguising vulgar notions . We saw above , how the advantages of heroism were put forward as the ...
... beauty and interest which passion lends to every product of human art , but homely too and truthful , not shirking poor admissions nor disguising vulgar notions . We saw above , how the advantages of heroism were put forward as the ...
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Stran 26 - To the young, for whom it is especially intended, as a most interesting collection of thrilling tales well told; and to their elders, as a useful handbook of reference, and a pleasant one to take up •when their •wish is to while away a weary half-hour. We have seen no prettier gift-book for a long time."— ATHENAEUM.
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Stran 17 - She handles her little marvel with that rare poetic discrimination which neither exhausts it of its simple wonders by pushing symbolism too far, nor keeps those wonders in the merely fabulous and capricious stage. In fact she has produced a true children's poem, which is far more delightful to the mature than to children, though it would be delightful to all.
Stran 15 - So choice, so perfect, and so refined, so tender in feeling, and so scholarly in expression, that we look with special interest to everything that he gives us.
Stran 13 - One quality in the piece, sufficient of itself to claim a moment's attention, is that it is unique— original, indeed, is not too strong a word — in the manner of its conception and execution.