Introductions to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets: Designed Principally for the Use of Young Persons at School and College |
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... picturesque of poets , so are they in this respect amongst the most faultless of writers . They found and used their native tongues in the freshness of youth , when as yet the misdirected action 4 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
... picturesque of poets , so are they in this respect amongst the most faultless of writers . They found and used their native tongues in the freshness of youth , when as yet the misdirected action 4 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
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... amongst the Greeks , but some few only possessed some scattered fragments of this poetry , which was cir- culated in a chance manner . Lycurgus had the principal hand in making it known . " This Creo- phylus or Cleophylus , a Samian ...
... amongst the Greeks , but some few only possessed some scattered fragments of this poetry , which was cir- culated in a chance manner . Lycurgus had the principal hand in making it known . " This Creo- phylus or Cleophylus , a Samian ...
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... a very precious casket taken amongst the spoils of the camp of Darius . This edition was called ἡ ἐκ τοῦ νάρθηκος . These editions by any known individual were called αἱ κατ ̓ ἄνδρα , to 54 PRESERVATION OF THE ILIAD .
... a very precious casket taken amongst the spoils of the camp of Darius . This edition was called ἡ ἐκ τοῦ νάρθηκος . These editions by any known individual were called αἱ κατ ̓ ἄνδρα , to 54 PRESERVATION OF THE ILIAD .
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... amongst the multitude of critics , and commentators , and editors of the Iliad in subse- quent times ; these are Zenodotus , Aristophanes , the inventor of accents , and Aristarchus . This last celebrated man lived in the reign of ...
... amongst the multitude of critics , and commentators , and editors of the Iliad in subse- quent times ; these are Zenodotus , Aristophanes , the inventor of accents , and Aristarchus . This last celebrated man lived in the reign of ...
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... Amongst the most eminent Spanish scholars there is but one opinion , that this is one of the noblest efforts of the Muse of Castile , the nearest approach ever made in the language of that country to the truth , the rapidity , the vari ...
... Amongst the most eminent Spanish scholars there is but one opinion , that this is one of the noblest efforts of the Muse of Castile , the nearest approach ever made in the language of that country to the truth , the rapidity , the vari ...
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Page 23 - In that fair Clime, the lonely Herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment...
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Page 114 - All kind of arguments and question deep. All replication prompt, and reason strong, For his advantage still did wake and sleep. To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep, He had the dialect and different skill, 125 Catching all passions in his craft of will...
Page 24 - And, sometimes, intermixed with stirring horns Of the live deer, or goat's depending beard, — These were the lurking Satyrs, a wild brood . Of gamesome Deities ; or Pan himself, The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring God...
Page 23 - Of doubt and bold denial hourly urged Amid the wrangling schools — a SPIRIT hung, Beautiful region ! o'er thy towns and farms, Statues and temples, and memorial tombs ; And emanations were perceived ; and acts Of immortality, in Nature's course, Exemplified by mysteries, that were felt As bonds, on grave philosopher imposed And armed warrior ; and in every grove A gay or pensive tenderness prevailed, When piety more awful had relaxed. ' Take, running river, take these locks of mine...
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