SophoclesW. Blackwood, 1871 - 181 páginas |
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... mother ; and , against his own will and knowledge , he fulfils his destiny . By a sudden revolution of fortune we see a man , to all appearance as wise as Solomon and as blameless as Job , hurled into an abyss of misery and despair ...
... mother ; and , against his own will and knowledge , he fulfils his destiny . By a sudden revolution of fortune we see a man , to all appearance as wise as Solomon and as blameless as Job , hurled into an abyss of misery and despair ...
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... mother intrusts him to a servant , with strict charge that he should be left to Lucretius , ii . 1 ( Munro's Transl . ) * + Gervinus , Comment . on Shakspeare , ii . 204 . die in the wilderness . This cruel command is obeyed 22 SOPHOCLES .
... mother intrusts him to a servant , with strict charge that he should be left to Lucretius , ii . 1 ( Munro's Transl . ) * + Gervinus , Comment . on Shakspeare , ii . 204 . die in the wilderness . This cruel command is obeyed 22 SOPHOCLES .
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... mother bows her head , : - And , with her treasure lost , sleeps ' mid the crowded dead . One upon another driven , Fleeter than the birds of heaven , Fleeter than the fire - flood's might , Rush they to the realms of night , Where ...
... mother bows her head , : - And , with her treasure lost , sleeps ' mid the crowded dead . One upon another driven , Fleeter than the birds of heaven , Fleeter than the fire - flood's might , Rush they to the realms of night , Where ...
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... mother , is yet alive . Then the messenger , wishing to relieve him from this remaining dread , tells him the whole story of his birth - how he was in reality no son of Polybus , but a foundling ex- posed on Mount Citharon ; how he had ...
... mother , is yet alive . Then the messenger , wishing to relieve him from this remaining dread , tells him the whole story of his birth - how he was in reality no son of Polybus , but a foundling ex- posed on Mount Citharon ; how he had ...
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... mother , is led before the king . Forced to give his evidence on pain of death and torture , slowly and re- luctantly - for he realises the horrible import of his words he reveals all that he knows . And then Edipus utters a wail of ...
... mother , is led before the king . Forced to give his evidence on pain of death and torture , slowly and re- luctantly - for he realises the horrible import of his words he reveals all that he knows . And then Edipus utters a wail of ...
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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...