The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism, Character and Incident, Band 6Julian Hawthorne Hamilton Book Company, 1902 |
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... followed Cleon , Alcibiades , and many other political leaders , whose oratorical abilities were of a high order . Towards the end of the fifth century B.C. one Corax , of Syracuse , established at Athens a school of forensic oratory ...
... followed Cleon , Alcibiades , and many other political leaders , whose oratorical abilities were of a high order . Towards the end of the fifth century B.C. one Corax , of Syracuse , established at Athens a school of forensic oratory ...
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... followed had the effect of moulding the Greek language into definite form . For the preservation of much of the ancient literature the modern world is indebted to the Ptolemies . While Athens , shorn of its political importance , still ...
... followed had the effect of moulding the Greek language into definite form . For the preservation of much of the ancient literature the modern world is indebted to the Ptolemies . While Athens , shorn of its political importance , still ...
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... followed the example of Pulci . Tassoni ( 1565-1635 ) , " the greatest name in Italian literature during the seventeenth century , " produced " La Secchia Rapita . " In this work his aim was to produce a satirico - epic poem on the wars ...
... followed the example of Pulci . Tassoni ( 1565-1635 ) , " the greatest name in Italian literature during the seventeenth century , " produced " La Secchia Rapita . " In this work his aim was to produce a satirico - epic poem on the wars ...
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... followed by his companions , he made such terrible havoc among the English , that , dealing death in every blow , he shortly dispersed them on all sides , and compelled them to abandon their position on the bridge . It was with ...
... followed by his companions , he made such terrible havoc among the English , that , dealing death in every blow , he shortly dispersed them on all sides , and compelled them to abandon their position on the bridge . It was with ...
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... followed in the foot- steps of Mendoza and Aleman . Hunger is the key - note of these stories of beggars . In his account of the boarding - school Quevedo anticipated Dickens ' Dotheboys Hall . Pablo or Paul was the son of a barber ...
... followed in the foot- steps of Mendoza and Aleman . Hunger is the key - note of these stories of beggars . In his account of the boarding - school Quevedo anticipated Dickens ' Dotheboys Hall . Pablo or Paul was the son of a barber ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...