Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... ancient Rome , the noblest productions of the Muses have appeared in the middle ages , between gross barbarism and voluptuous refinement , when the human mind yet possessed strong traits of its pri- meval grandeur and simplicity ; but ...
... ancient Rome , the noblest productions of the Muses have appeared in the middle ages , between gross barbarism and voluptuous refinement , when the human mind yet possessed strong traits of its pri- meval grandeur and simplicity ; but ...
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... ancient prowess in this perilous department , which , instead of being the despair , ought to be the assurance of hope to adventurers in a later age and colder clime , among a people more phlegmatic than the gay Greeks or the spirited ...
... ancient prowess in this perilous department , which , instead of being the despair , ought to be the assurance of hope to adventurers in a later age and colder clime , among a people more phlegmatic than the gay Greeks or the spirited ...
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... ancient sculpture , and two stanzas from " Childe Harold , " in which that very statue is turned into verse , which seems almost to make it visible : - THE DYING GLADIATOR . " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand ...
... ancient sculpture , and two stanzas from " Childe Harold , " in which that very statue is turned into verse , which seems almost to make it visible : - THE DYING GLADIATOR . " I see before me the Gladiator lie ; He leans upon his hand ...
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... ancient Greece may be advantageously quoted here : - " There shalt thou hear and learn the secret power Of harmony , in tones and numbers hit By voice or hand ; and various - measured verse , Eolian charms and Dorian lyric odes , And ...
... ancient Greece may be advantageously quoted here : - " There shalt thou hear and learn the secret power Of harmony , in tones and numbers hit By voice or hand ; and various - measured verse , Eolian charms and Dorian lyric odes , And ...
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... ancient oratory , in comparison with ancient poetry , has exercised small influence over the minds , manners , and characters of succeeding ages . Cicero , all perfect as he is , in his own unri- valled style of prose , as numerous as ...
... ancient oratory , in comparison with ancient poetry , has exercised small influence over the minds , manners , and characters of succeeding ages . Cicero , all perfect as he is , in his own unri- valled style of prose , as numerous as ...
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