SophoclesW. Blackwood, 1871 - 181 páginas |
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... Fate , and it is their eternal duty to pursue the murderer till death and after death . The complaint which Corneille puts into the mouth of Theseus , in his ' Edipe , ' might have been more truly uttered by Eteocles in the ' Seven ...
... Fate , and it is their eternal duty to pursue the murderer till death and after death . The complaint which Corneille puts into the mouth of Theseus , in his ' Edipe , ' might have been more truly uttered by Eteocles in the ' Seven ...
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... Fate works , are men's un- bridled passions ; it strikes down the murderer by the murderer , and punishes the crime by the crime . Justice appears beyond and above these furious im- pulses , and directs them , in spite of themselves ...
... Fate works , are men's un- bridled passions ; it strikes down the murderer by the murderer , and punishes the crime by the crime . Justice appears beyond and above these furious im- pulses , and directs them , in spite of themselves ...
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... fate - the fearful " irony " of his threatened vengeance ! It is on his own head that he has invoked that binding and irre- vocable curse , which would be executed to the full by the relentless powers of destiny . What man upon earth 36 ...
... fate - the fearful " irony " of his threatened vengeance ! It is on his own head that he has invoked that binding and irre- vocable curse , which would be executed to the full by the relentless powers of destiny . What man upon earth 36 ...
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... Fate ; Hurled from realms of highest bliss , Sinks she in the dark abyss . God , in whom for aye I'll trust , Holds His shield before the just ! But for the man whose heart is known By haughty deed and lofty tone , Spurning Heaven , and ...
... Fate ; Hurled from realms of highest bliss , Sinks she in the dark abyss . God , in whom for aye I'll trust , Holds His shield before the just ! But for the man whose heart is known By haughty deed and lofty tone , Spurning Heaven , and ...
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... fate , " and will not move ; and at length the Athenian , impressed by the dignified earnestness of his tone and manner , leaves the stage to summon his townsmen of Colonus . Then Edipus , left alone with his daughter , ad- dresses a ...
... fate , " and will not move ; and at length the Athenian , impressed by the dignified earnestness of his tone and manner , leaves the stage to summon his townsmen of Colonus . Then Edipus , left alone with his daughter , ad- dresses a ...
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A. C. vol Achilles Ægisthus Ajax Antigone Athenian Athens Atreus audience bear bids bitter blood body bring brother child Chorus Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Colonus Creon Crown 8vo curse daughter dead death deed Dejanira doom drama earth Edipus Edition Electra enters Eschylus Eteocles evil fate father friends GEOLOGY glory goddess gods grave Greek hand hast hath hear heart heaven Hercules hero honour Hyllus Iliad insult Ismene Jocasta Jove king Laius Lemnos Lichas living LL.D maiden messenger misery mortal murderer Neop Neoptolemus never noble o'er once Orestes palace passion Phil Philoctetes PHYSICAL pity play poet Polybus Polynices prayer prince rumour sacred Salamis says scene sister slain sleep sons Sophocles sorrow soul spirit stage stranger sufferer suppliant sword tale Tecmessa Teiresias tells Teucer TEXT-BOOK Theban Thebes thee Theseus thine thou tomb tragedy Troy Ulysses utters vengeance wild words wrath ZOOLOGY
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Página 48 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Página 10 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...