Lectures on literature and art, delivered in the ... Royal college of science ... Dublin, by J.P. Mahaffy [and others]. |
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... causes men to picture to themselves vividly the pains of death , and to shrink from them , while the dulness of coarser natures protects them from such anticipations . But , above all , the Homeric Greek had nothing to hope for after ...
... causes men to picture to themselves vividly the pains of death , and to shrink from them , while the dulness of coarser natures protects them from such anticipations . But , above all , the Homeric Greek had nothing to hope for after ...
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... defects of the age , we must notice an inherent imper- fection in the Greek national character - an imperfec- tion which developed itself terribly in later Greek history , and was , doubtless , the main cause 8 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF.
... defects of the age , we must notice an inherent imper- fection in the Greek national character - an imperfec- tion which developed itself terribly in later Greek history , and was , doubtless , the main cause 8 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF.
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... cause of the decay of the nation : I mean the overrating of intel- lectual , as compared with moral , qualities . We shall find this defect so magnified at a later epoch , that cleverness is openly preferred to honesty . In the Homeric ...
... cause of the decay of the nation : I mean the overrating of intel- lectual , as compared with moral , qualities . We shall find this defect so magnified at a later epoch , that cleverness is openly preferred to honesty . In the Homeric ...
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... cause , I yield me to thy prayers , and give to boot The mare , though mine of right , that these may know I am not of a harsh unyielding mood . " You see in this narrative , a solemn oath taking THE ANCIENT GREEKS . 13.
... cause , I yield me to thy prayers , and give to boot The mare , though mine of right , that these may know I am not of a harsh unyielding mood . " You see in this narrative , a solemn oath taking THE ANCIENT GREEKS . 13.
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... causes twelve maid- servants , with great indignity , to be hanged in a row in the palace court . And observe the solitary remark of the poet on the execution- “ They kicked about with their feet for a little while , but not very long ...
... causes twelve maid- servants , with great indignity , to be hanged in a row in the palace court . And observe the solitary remark of the poet on the execution- “ They kicked about with their feet for a little while , but not very long ...
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