The history of literature; or, The rise and progress of language, writing and letters, Band 1 |
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... Orestes , after taking vengeance on his mother for the murder of his father , is represented as haunted and pursued by such imaginary phantoms . These in- fernal deities were introduced on the stage , their hair braided The rival ...
... Orestes , after taking vengeance on his mother for the murder of his father , is represented as haunted and pursued by such imaginary phantoms . These in- fernal deities were introduced on the stage , their hair braided The rival ...
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... which the subject is the same . The chorus in the play of Agamemnon had expressed abhorrence of his murder to Clytemnestra and Ægisthus , and threatened them with the ; anger of the gods and the vengeance of Orestes , 156 ÆSCHYLUS .
... which the subject is the same . The chorus in the play of Agamemnon had expressed abhorrence of his murder to Clytemnestra and Ægisthus , and threatened them with the ; anger of the gods and the vengeance of Orestes , 156 ÆSCHYLUS .
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... Orestes , after the deed is done , resume the softer sentiments of hu- manity , and lament the fate of Clytemnestra and Ægisthus , whilst the immediate remorse and madness of Orestes after he had committed the act , form one of the ...
... Orestes , after the deed is done , resume the softer sentiments of hu- manity , and lament the fate of Clytemnestra and Ægisthus , whilst the immediate remorse and madness of Orestes after he had committed the act , form one of the ...
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... Orestes is acquitted by Minerva at her temple in Athens ; the Furies are soothed by the promise of reverence and offerings , in return for which they agree to bless and watch over the prosperity of Athens . The Persians - The subject of ...
... Orestes is acquitted by Minerva at her temple in Athens ; the Furies are soothed by the promise of reverence and offerings , in return for which they agree to bless and watch over the prosperity of Athens . The Persians - The subject of ...
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... Orestes , and his sister Electra , almost immediately recognise each other ; and this discovery made , the catastrophe ensues with obvious fa- cility ; but in the drama of Sophocles the interest is deeply excited by the suspension of ...
... Orestes , and his sister Electra , almost immediately recognise each other ; and this discovery made , the catastrophe ensues with obvious fa- cility ; but in the drama of Sophocles the interest is deeply excited by the suspension of ...
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Seite 88 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No! men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a State, And sovereign Law, that State's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits Empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Seite 266 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Seite 86 - Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Seite 74 - Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the lovely boy. The babe clung crying to his nurse's breast, Scared at the dazzling helm and nodding crest. With secret pleasure each fond parent smiled, And Hector hasted to relieve his child, The glittering terrors from his brows unbound, And...
Seite 77 - Nineteen one Mother bore— Dead, all are dead! How oft, alas! has wretched Priam bled? Still One was left, their Loss to recompense; His Father's Hope, his Country's last Defence. Him too thy Rage has slain! beneath thy Steel 620 Unhappy, in his Country's Cause he fell! For him, thro...
Seite 9 - Thus, in all languages, we find a multitude of words that are evidently constructed upon this principle. A certain bird is termed the cuckoo, from the sound which it emits. When one sort of wind is said to whistle, and another to roar ; when a serpent is said to hiss ; a fly to...
Seite 74 - The wanton courser thus with reins unbound Breaks from his stall, and beats the trembling ground; Pamper'd and proud, he seeks the wonted tides, And laves, in height of blood, his shining sides...
Seite 238 - CLOUDS [approaching nearer]. Ye Clouds replete with fruitful showers, Here let us seek Minerva's towers, The cradle of old Cecrops' race, The world's chief ornament and grace; Here mystic fanes and rites divine And lamps in sacred splendour shine; Here the Gods dwell in marble domes, Feasted with costly hecatombs, That round their votive statues blaze, Whilst crowded temples ring with praise; And pompous sacrifices here Make holidays throughout the year, And when gay spring-time comes again, Bromius...
Seite 1 - There is no part of history so generally useful as that which relates the progress of the human mind, the gradual improvement of reason, the successive advances of science, the vicissitudes of learning and ignorance, which are the light and darkness of thinking beings, the extinction and resuscitation of arts, and the revolutions of the intellectual world.
Seite 64 - Let him whose might can hurl this bowl, arise; Who farthest hurls it, takes it as his prize. If he be one, enrich'd with large domain Of downs for flocks, and arable for grain, Small stock of iron needs that man provide; His hinds and swains whole years shall be supplied From hence : nor ask the neighbouring city's aid, For ploughshares, wheels, and all the rural trade.