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Page 209
... thought of the maiden , lyric moon ; so that lyric repetition of words helped to make the thought and the picture of Aratus what it could be . There is , I suppose , in the making of the best poetry , at least often , if not always , a ...
... thought of the maiden , lyric moon ; so that lyric repetition of words helped to make the thought and the picture of Aratus what it could be . There is , I suppose , in the making of the best poetry , at least often , if not always , a ...
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... thought of that threat gives to Dido perhaps the supreme expression of her hate , where Vergil allows a peculiar freedom to his power over words and sounds . Dido talks to her sister Anna , revealing her thoughts , as Phaedra , in the ...
... thought of that threat gives to Dido perhaps the supreme expression of her hate , where Vergil allows a peculiar freedom to his power over words and sounds . Dido talks to her sister Anna , revealing her thoughts , as Phaedra , in the ...
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... thought and talk when we try to cast strong light on something — the impulse to leave out , to cast other things in shadow . Rational thought , because it is selective , is not therapeutically useful . The verbal pre- cipitates of ...
... thought and talk when we try to cast strong light on something — the impulse to leave out , to cast other things in shadow . Rational thought , because it is selective , is not therapeutically useful . The verbal pre- cipitates of ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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