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“In these various traditions, we find ourselves placed between the stories of
children and the abstractions of philosophers; if we were obliged to choose, it
were better to take the first. “But to discover the original of the picture in the midst
of so ...
“In these various traditions, we find ourselves placed between the stories of
children and the abstractions of philosophers; if we were obliged to choose, it
were better to take the first. “But to discover the original of the picture in the midst
of so ...
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But the first glance at the originals is sufficient to show that the genius of the
architects has supplied, in the magnitude of proportion, what was wanting in size
; and Athens is accordingly filled with stupendous edifices. The Athenians, a
people ...
But the first glance at the originals is sufficient to show that the genius of the
architects has supplied, in the magnitude of proportion, what was wanting in size
; and Athens is accordingly filled with stupendous edifices. The Athenians, a
people ...
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recalls, after the lapse of years, the fading tints of the original on the memory. “To
understand the view from the Acropolis, you must figure to yourself all the plain at
its foot; bare and clothed in a dusky heath, intersected here and there by woods ...
recalls, after the lapse of years, the fading tints of the original on the memory. “To
understand the view from the Acropolis, you must figure to yourself all the plain at
its foot; bare and clothed in a dusky heath, intersected here and there by woods ...
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society. The characters which are delineated by the hand of Genius in early times
, are those bold and original ones in which the features are distinctly marked, the
lines clearly drawn, the peculiarities strongly brought out. The images which are ...
society. The characters which are delineated by the hand of Genius in early times
, are those bold and original ones in which the features are distinctly marked, the
lines clearly drawn, the peculiarities strongly brought out. The images which are ...
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... that he has produced upon the world the impression of a great original author,
and his fame is second only to the immortal author of the Iliad. Dante worshipped
him as a species of divinity; he made him his guide through the infernal regions, ...
... that he has produced upon the world the impression of a great original author,
and his fame is second only to the immortal author of the Iliad. Dante worshipped
him as a species of divinity; he made him his guide through the infernal regions, ...
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| Otsikko | Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3 Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Archibald Alison |
| Kirjoittaja | Archibald Alison |
| Kustantaja | W. Blackwood, 1850 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Kalifornian yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 18. lokakuu 2007 |
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