SophoclesW. Blackwood, 1871 - 181 páginas |
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... lands , " * —by the constant sight and presence of that noble city , robed in her " imperial mantle of architecture , " adorned by the paintings of Pananus and by the sculpture of Phidias , her streets crowded with strangers from all lands ...
... lands , " * —by the constant sight and presence of that noble city , robed in her " imperial mantle of architecture , " adorned by the paintings of Pananus and by the sculpture of Phidias , her streets crowded with strangers from all lands ...
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... land , a pensioner on the Great King's bounty ; Pericles had fallen a victim to the plague which was decimating his besieged country- men ; his nephew , the gay and gallant Alcibiades , was a traitor in the Spartan camp ; while Nicias ...
... land , a pensioner on the Great King's bounty ; Pericles had fallen a victim to the plague which was decimating his besieged country- men ; his nephew , the gay and gallant Alcibiades , was a traitor in the Spartan camp ; while Nicias ...
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... land another's deep distress . . . . ' Tis sweet again to look upon armies battling on the plains without sharing in the danger . " * It was the skilful manner in which all these emo- tions are worked up by Sophocles in this play that ...
... land another's deep distress . . . . ' Tis sweet again to look upon armies battling on the plains without sharing in the danger . " * It was the skilful manner in which all these emo- tions are worked up by Sophocles in this play that ...
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... lands , and wealth , and honour , and all that helps to make life precious . He was happy in the affections of his family and in the loyalty of his subjects . " Heaven and earth are silent for a gener- ation ; one might fancy that they ...
... lands , and wealth , and honour , and all that helps to make life precious . He was happy in the affections of his family and in the loyalty of his subjects . " Heaven and earth are silent for a gener- ation ; one might fancy that they ...
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... land of Egypt . Pestilence came upon the cattle ; mildew blighted the fruits of the earth ; the first - born of women were swept away by some fatal and mysterious malady . The whole city — and those among the poet's audience who had ...
... land of Egypt . Pestilence came upon the cattle ; mildew blighted the fruits of the earth ; the first - born of women were swept away by some fatal and mysterious malady . The whole city — and those among the poet's audience who had ...
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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 137 - ... wooded to the peak, the lawns And winding glades high up like ways to Heaven, The slender coco's drooping crown of plumes, The lightning flash of insect and of bird, The lustre of the long convolvuluses That coil'd around the stately stems, and ran Ev'n to the limit of the land, the glows And glories of the broad belt of the world, All these he saw...
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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...