The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism, Character and Incident, Volumen6Julian Hawthorne Hamilton Book Company, 1902 |
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... soon face with steady eyes a descending thunderbolt as oppose a calm front to the storm of passions which Demosthenes can arouse . " The Athenians returned a verdict for the defendant . Eschines , having failed to receive the quota of ...
... soon face with steady eyes a descending thunderbolt as oppose a calm front to the storm of passions which Demosthenes can arouse . " The Athenians returned a verdict for the defendant . Eschines , having failed to receive the quota of ...
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... soon raise up another Philip , if your interests are thus regarded . For it is not to his own strength that he so much owes his elevation as to our supineness . And should some accident befall him - should Fortune , who has ever been ...
... soon raise up another Philip , if your interests are thus regarded . For it is not to his own strength that he so much owes his elevation as to our supineness . And should some accident befall him - should Fortune , who has ever been ...
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... soon , since Galatea proves unkind , A sweeter , fairer Galatea find . " Thus Cyclops learned Love's torments to endure , And calmed that passion which he could not cure . More sweetly far with song he soothed his heart , Than if his ...
... soon , since Galatea proves unkind , A sweeter , fairer Galatea find . " Thus Cyclops learned Love's torments to endure , And calmed that passion which he could not cure . More sweetly far with song he soothed his heart , Than if his ...
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... soon won consideration for himself by his writings , and became librarian under Ptolemy Philadelphus . This office he conducted for twenty years with consummate ability and benefit to future generations . He died in 240 B.C. Callimachus ...
... soon won consideration for himself by his writings , and became librarian under Ptolemy Philadelphus . This office he conducted for twenty years with consummate ability and benefit to future generations . He died in 240 B.C. Callimachus ...
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... Soon as my sire Eeta shall bestow The dragon's teeth in Mars ' field to sow , The following night in equal shares divide ; Bathe well thy limbs in some perennial tide ; Then well concealed , thyself in black array , Dig the round foss ...
... Soon as my sire Eeta shall bestow The dragon's teeth in Mars ' field to sow , The following night in equal shares divide ; Bathe well thy limbs in some perennial tide ; Then well concealed , thyself in black array , Dig the round foss ...
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Página 318 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge ! revenge...
Página 314 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
Página 289 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Página 284 - Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Página 364 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Página 315 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Página 316 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 362 - And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie! " Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine...
Página 332 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Página 316 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung: Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...