The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... knowledge either of Aristotle or Sophocles , from Bossu or Brumoy , how excellent soever these two commentators may be . To contemplate those exalted geniuses through such mediums is like beholding the orb of the sun 18 49 . ADVENTURER .
... knowledge either of Aristotle or Sophocles , from Bossu or Brumoy , how excellent soever these two commentators may be . To contemplate those exalted geniuses through such mediums is like beholding the orb of the sun 18 49 . ADVENTURER .
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... Sophocles , when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules , her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable , and she answers not her son who ac- quaints her with the disaster ...
... Sophocles , when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules , her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable , and she answers not her son who ac- quaints her with the disaster ...
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... Sophocles , by a noble prosopopoeia , thus ag- gravates the misery of the Thebans , visited by a dreadful plague- Hell is enriched with groans and lamentations . ' This image is heightened by a Jewish author , who describes Hell , or ...
... Sophocles , by a noble prosopopoeia , thus ag- gravates the misery of the Thebans , visited by a dreadful plague- Hell is enriched with groans and lamentations . ' This image is heightened by a Jewish author , who describes Hell , or ...
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... Sophocles was an accomplished general , who commanded his countrymen in several most impor- tant expeditions : Theocritus was caressed and en- riched by Ptolemy ; and the gaiety of Anacreon was the result of ease and plenty : Pindar was ...
... Sophocles was an accomplished general , who commanded his countrymen in several most impor- tant expeditions : Theocritus was caressed and en- riched by Ptolemy ; and the gaiety of Anacreon was the result of ease and plenty : Pindar was ...
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... Sophocles . The causes that excite and the operations that exemplify the greater passions , will always have an exact coincidence , though per- haps a little diversified by climate or custom : every exasperated hero must rage like ...
... Sophocles . The causes that excite and the operations that exemplify the greater passions , will always have an exact coincidence , though per- haps a little diversified by climate or custom : every exasperated hero must rage like ...
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absurd acquainted admiration ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death Demosthenes desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches excellence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest learned Longinus looked mankind Mantua ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet Pope present produced prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice virtue wife wish wretched writers
Pasajes populares
Página 126 - ... with some other prey. But this is only one of the innumerable artifices practised in the universal conspiracy of mankind against themselves ; every age and every condition indulges some darling fallacy ; every man amuses himself with projects which he knows to be improbable, and which, therefore, he resolves to pursue without daring to examine them. Whatever any man ardently desires, he very readily believes that he shall some time attain : he whose intemperance has overwhelmed him with diseases,...