Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 38
... thought alternately of Dido , Sophonisba , and the noble wife of Asdrubal ; I contemplated the vast plains where the legions of Hannibal , Scipio , and Cæsar were buried : My eyes sought for the sight of Utica . Alas ! The remains of ...
... thought alternately of Dido , Sophonisba , and the noble wife of Asdrubal ; I contemplated the vast plains where the legions of Hannibal , Scipio , and Cæsar were buried : My eyes sought for the sight of Utica . Alas ! The remains of ...
Sivu 42
... thought , a certain class of images , a certain family resemblance . Homer , Phidias , and Eschylus in ancient times ; Dante , Michael Angelo , Ariosto , and Shakspeare in modern , belong to this exalted class . Each , in his own ...
... thought , a certain class of images , a certain family resemblance . Homer , Phidias , and Eschylus in ancient times ; Dante , Michael Angelo , Ariosto , and Shakspeare in modern , belong to this exalted class . Each , in his own ...
Sivu 52
... thought in the two poets , and the interest which their words excite in the breast of the reader ! " I am the pious Æneas , known by fame above the skies . " What a historical gallery , or rather what a gallery 52 VIRGIL , TASSO , AND ...
... thought in the two poets , and the interest which their words excite in the breast of the reader ! " I am the pious Æneas , known by fame above the skies . " What a historical gallery , or rather what a gallery 52 VIRGIL , TASSO , AND ...
Sivu 65
... thought him Jove , and said they saw The mighty Thunderer , with majestic awe , Who shook his shield , and dealt his bolts around , And scattered tempests on the teeming ground . Discoursing thus together , they resort Where poor ...
... thought him Jove , and said they saw The mighty Thunderer , with majestic awe , Who shook his shield , and dealt his bolts around , And scattered tempests on the teeming ground . Discoursing thus together , they resort Where poor ...
Sivu 70
... thought of portraying on the canvass or marble the passion of Dido for Æneas , of Tancred for Clorinda , of Desdemona for Othello . The exquisite scene of the death of Clorinda , already given , has never yet been selected as the ...
... thought of portraying on the canvass or marble the passion of Dido for Æneas , of Tancred for Clorinda , of Desdemona for Othello . The exquisite scene of the death of Clorinda , already given , has never yet been selected as the ...
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