The Literary Emporium, Volumes 3-4J.K. Wellman, 1846 - American literature |
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... Iliad ; that its harmonies first woke the slumber of the mind , and that in all its polish , and beauty , and labored numbers , it surprised the world , is to believe against nature , and , if chronology be anything , against revelation ...
... Iliad ; that its harmonies first woke the slumber of the mind , and that in all its polish , and beauty , and labored numbers , it surprised the world , is to believe against nature , and , if chronology be anything , against revelation ...
Page 237
... Iliad , until all thoughts of Lexicon , Commentary , obsolete roots , " hard places , " etc. , is excluded- until all association of pain is gone and then is he prepared to enjoy the poem itself . We believe we are far from encouraging ...
... Iliad , until all thoughts of Lexicon , Commentary , obsolete roots , " hard places , " etc. , is excluded- until all association of pain is gone and then is he prepared to enjoy the poem itself . We believe we are far from encouraging ...
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... Iliad . We need not dwell upon this resemblance , either for proof or illustration ; so far as the written form of the language is concerned , it is matter , not of conjecture , but of fact . The question of pronunciation furnishes room ...
... Iliad . We need not dwell upon this resemblance , either for proof or illustration ; so far as the written form of the language is concerned , it is matter , not of conjecture , but of fact . The question of pronunciation furnishes room ...
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... Iliad , as the reader of English literature reverts to Spenser and Chaucer . We believe we do not exaggerate when we say , that the modern Greek peruses the Iliad with less difficul- ty than we do the poetry of Chaucer . And who is ...
... Iliad , as the reader of English literature reverts to Spenser and Chaucer . We believe we do not exaggerate when we say , that the modern Greek peruses the Iliad with less difficul- ty than we do the poetry of Chaucer . And who is ...
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