Nugae Literariae: Prose and VerseHamilton, 1841 - 585 pages |
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... enquire , " Tantæne animis celestibus iræ ? " Her large blue eyes , which Homer compares to those of an ox , shoot forth the successive fires of jealousy , cruelty , and revenge . She can threaten like any beldame : " Flectere si nequeo ...
... enquire , " Tantæne animis celestibus iræ ? " Her large blue eyes , which Homer compares to those of an ox , shoot forth the successive fires of jealousy , cruelty , and revenge . She can threaten like any beldame : " Flectere si nequeo ...
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... enquiries , nothing more probable than the origination of idolatry in the more marked appearances and bodies of nature . The worship of the sun , and moon , and constellation , was proba- bly its nascent form . But this was too large ...
... enquiries , nothing more probable than the origination of idolatry in the more marked appearances and bodies of nature . The worship of the sun , and moon , and constellation , was proba- bly its nascent form . But this was too large ...
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... enquire now , O inqui- sitive reader , what was then said and done ? I would tell thee were it lawful for me to speak : thou shouldst know were it lawful for thee to hear ! But I will not torment thee with a long delay , for perhaps thy ...
... enquire now , O inqui- sitive reader , what was then said and done ? I would tell thee were it lawful for me to speak : thou shouldst know were it lawful for thee to hear ! But I will not torment thee with a long delay , for perhaps thy ...
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... enquire into the architecture which would admit of all the wondrous illusions which initiation required . There was a succession of platforms . Immense perspectives stretched out to the eye . Perhaps there was a solid perspective , like ...
... enquire into the architecture which would admit of all the wondrous illusions which initiation required . There was a succession of platforms . Immense perspectives stretched out to the eye . Perhaps there was a solid perspective , like ...
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... enquire , from what sources could their knowledge be derived ? The narrative is regularly sustained and consistently evolved : curiosity is anti- cipated and cavil refuted . Now though nothing could be more ridiculous than a sweeping ...
... enquire , from what sources could their knowledge be derived ? The narrative is regularly sustained and consistently evolved : curiosity is anti- cipated and cavil refuted . Now though nothing could be more ridiculous than a sweeping ...
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Æneid Æschylus affected amidst ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Aristophanes Aristotle asked Bacchus beauty boast brain called character Cicero common confess course Craniologists Craniology death divine earth Eleans Eleusis enquiry Euripides evil express Falstaff fame favour fear feel Games genius give Grecian Greece Greek head heart heaven Hercules Herodotus heroes honour human idea identity Iliad impression intellectual Julius Cæsar Jupiter king language Latin living look Macbeth means ment mind moral mysteries nations nature never noble Olympic once organs original Osiris Palæstra passion Pausanias peculiar perfect perhaps person Phidias philosophy Pindar Plato Plutarch poet principle probably prove quæ Roman sacred Saxon says scarcely scene seems sense sentiment Shakspeare signifies skull solemn song Sophocles soul sound speak species spirit strange supposed temple thee thing Thou thought Thucydides tion truth virtue word