Lectures on literature and art, delivered in the ... Royal college of science ... Dublin, by J.P. Mahaffy [and others]. |
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This very subtle , but now common , notion of our own personal dignity , and our
duties towards it , had , I think , no place in the minds of these primitive men ;
perhaps , indeed , its existence , or at least its prevalence amongst us , may be
due ...
This very subtle , but now common , notion of our own personal dignity , and our
duties towards it , had , I think , no place in the minds of these primitive men ;
perhaps , indeed , its existence , or at least its prevalence amongst us , may be
due ...
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... merely because the scanty remains of the contemporary literature do not allude
to them . The silence of authors upon points not within their immediate scope , is ,
of course , of no weight , and is in this case additionally refuted by at least one ...
... merely because the scanty remains of the contemporary literature do not allude
to them . The silence of authors upon points not within their immediate scope , is ,
of course , of no weight , and is in this case additionally refuted by at least one ...
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Here , at least , we might have expected that the portraits drawn with such
consummate skill by Homer would have been easily transferred to the Athenian
stage . But to our astonishment we find the higher social feelings towards women
so ...
Here , at least , we might have expected that the portraits drawn with such
consummate skill by Homer would have been easily transferred to the Athenian
stage . But to our astonishment we find the higher social feelings towards women
so ...
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Hardly any one , to say the least . But did you not marry her very young , a mere
child , who had seen and heard as little as she possibly could ? Certainly . Then
would it not be far stranger if she knew what she should say and do than if she
did ...
Hardly any one , to say the least . But did you not marry her very young , a mere
child , who had seen and heard as little as she possibly could ? Certainly . Then
would it not be far stranger if she knew what she should say and do than if she
did ...
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... he treats with contempt the immortal gods and their supposed providence ; he
sneers at the aspirations of the philosophers to explain the mysteries of the
universe ; he ridicules or laments , at least in theory , the wisdom and happiness
of ...
... he treats with contempt the immortal gods and their supposed providence ; he
sneers at the aspirations of the philosophers to explain the mysteries of the
universe ; he ridicules or laments , at least in theory , the wisdom and happiness
of ...
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