SophoclesW. Blackwood, 1871 - 181 páginas |
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... true a friend , so pleasant a guest . We can imagine Sophocles in his old age recal- ling the memories of his youth ; recounting to his chil- dren , with pardonable pride , the historic names and scenes with which he had been so ...
... true a friend , so pleasant a guest . We can imagine Sophocles in his old age recal- ling the memories of his youth ; recounting to his chil- dren , with pardonable pride , the historic names and scenes with which he had been so ...
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... true and real in character , because their types were taken from the gallery of life . The serenity which marked the poet seems to influence his readers and spectators . So true is he to nature , so gradual is his development of each ...
... true and real in character , because their types were taken from the gallery of life . The serenity which marked the poet seems to influence his readers and spectators . So true is he to nature , so gradual is his development of each ...
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... true that in the ' Prometheus ' we have the spectacle of an indomitable will , proof against all suffering ; yet it is in this very play that Æschylus most insists on the " invincible might of Necessity , " * Readers of Shakspeare may ...
... true that in the ' Prometheus ' we have the spectacle of an indomitable will , proof against all suffering ; yet it is in this very play that Æschylus most insists on the " invincible might of Necessity , " * Readers of Shakspeare may ...
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... Fatality , to which Edipus is subject , is not so great or capricious as at first sight it seems to be . It is true that chance and misfortune are the means which it makes use of for the accomplishment of its purpose , but it uses them.
... Fatality , to which Edipus is subject , is not so great or capricious as at first sight it seems to be . It is true that chance and misfortune are the means which it makes use of for the accomplishment of its purpose , but it uses them.
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... true , Aiding at once my country and my God . ” — ( P . ) Then the deputation of citizens , having secured a champion , withdraws in procession from the stage , and Edipus is left alone . " During this pause , " says one of the most ...
... true , Aiding at once my country and my God . ” — ( P . ) Then the deputation of citizens , having secured a champion , withdraws in procession from the stage , and Edipus is left alone . " During this pause , " says one of the most ...
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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...