Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... sublime . The whole mechanism of the drama , for such in some sort it is , —the enthusiasm of Apollodorus , the sententiousness of Eryximachus , the wit of Aristophanes , the rapt and golden eloquence of Agathon , the subtle dialectics ...
... sublime . The whole mechanism of the drama , for such in some sort it is , —the enthusiasm of Apollodorus , the sententiousness of Eryximachus , the wit of Aristophanes , the rapt and golden eloquence of Agathon , the subtle dialectics ...
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... sublime work . The loss of our beloved child at Rome , which drove us northward in trembling fear for the one soon after born , and the climate of Florence disagreeing so exceedingly with Shelley , he ceased at Pisa to be conversant ...
... sublime work . The loss of our beloved child at Rome , which drove us northward in trembling fear for the one soon after born , and the climate of Florence disagreeing so exceedingly with Shelley , he ceased at Pisa to be conversant ...
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... sublime . It is perhaps the intervention of this principle which determines the balance in favour of King Lear against the Edipus Tyrannus or the Agamemnon , or , if you will , the trilogies with which they are connected ; unless the ...
... sublime . It is perhaps the intervention of this principle which determines the balance in favour of King Lear against the Edipus Tyrannus or the Agamemnon , or , if you will , the trilogies with which they are connected ; unless the ...
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... sublime and chivalric sensibility of Petrarch . - But , as a poet , Homer must be acknowledged to excel Shakspeare in the truth , the harmony , the sustained grandeur , the satisfying completeness of his images , their exact fitness to ...
... sublime and chivalric sensibility of Petrarch . - But , as a poet , Homer must be acknowledged to excel Shakspeare in the truth , the harmony , the sustained grandeur , the satisfying completeness of his images , their exact fitness to ...
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... . " Your own meditation , O Socrates , might perhaps have initiated you in all these things which I have already taught you on the subject of Love . But those perfect and sublime ends , to D 2 THE BANQUET OF PLATO . 35.
... . " Your own meditation , O Socrates , might perhaps have initiated you in all these things which I have already taught you on the subject of Love . But those perfect and sublime ends , to D 2 THE BANQUET OF PLATO . 35.
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actions admirable affectionate Agathon Alcibiades ancient Apollodorus appeared Ariosto Aristodemus Aristophanes arrived Bagni di Lucca beautiful become boat called clouds columns conceive dark DEAR death delight desire Diotima discourse divine effect England Eryximachus eternal evil excellent existence express feel Florence GISBORNE glacier Gods Greeks happiness harmony hear Hesiod Homer honourable hope human imagination immense inhabitants inspired Italy journey lake language LEIGH HUNT Lerici letter living Livorno Lord Byron manner MENEXENUS mind Mont Blanc moral morning mountains nature never night object observe opinion overhang pain Pausanias perfect perhaps perpetually person Phædrus Pisa Plato pleasure poem poetry poets possession praise present produced regard relation rhapsodist road rocks Rome ruins sail scene sculpture seems seen Shelley Socrates spirit sublime suffered things thought tion truth virtue walked whilst wind wonder words write