Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... tion which had appeared since the poems of Homer . The following generation produced , indeed , no second Dante ' ; but it was eminently distinguished by general intellectual activity . The study of the Latin writers had never been ...
... tion which had appeared since the poems of Homer . The following generation produced , indeed , no second Dante ' ; but it was eminently distinguished by general intellectual activity . The study of the Latin writers had never been ...
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... tion , to the artfully disguised poverty and elegant languor of Terence . But the Casina is by no means one of his best plays ; nor is it one which offers great facilities to an imita- * Decameron , Giorn . viii . Nov. 9 . Nothing can ...
... tion , to the artfully disguised poverty and elegant languor of Terence . But the Casina is by no means one of his best plays ; nor is it one which offers great facilities to an imita- * Decameron , Giorn . viii . Nov. 9 . Nothing can ...
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... tion of the Greeks , operated powerfully on the less vigorous and daring character of the Italians . They , too , were mem- bers of small communities . Every man was deeply inter- ested in the welfare of the society to which he belonged ...
... tion of the Greeks , operated powerfully on the less vigorous and daring character of the Italians . They , too , were mem- bers of small communities . Every man was deeply inter- ested in the welfare of the society to which he belonged ...
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... tion more painful than that of a great man condemned to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country , to tend it during the alternate fits of stupefaction and raving which precedes its dissolution , to see the symptoms of vitality ...
... tion more painful than that of a great man condemned to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country , to tend it during the alternate fits of stupefaction and raving which precedes its dissolution , to see the symptoms of vitality ...
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... tion of great events gives birth , make an object where they do not find it . Thus , nations descend to the absurdities of Egyptian idolatry , and worship stocks and reptiles - Sache- verells and Wilkeses . They even fall prostrate ...
... tion of great events gives birth , make an object where they do not find it . Thus , nations descend to the absurdities of Egyptian idolatry , and worship stocks and reptiles - Sache- verells and Wilkeses . They even fall prostrate ...
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