AeschylusBlackwood, 1870 - 196 pages |
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Page 12
... appear diminutive from the great distance at which most of the spectators saw them , they were made taller by very thick - soled boots , and broader by the judicious arrangement of their dresses ; while the mask , no doubt , rendered ...
... appear diminutive from the great distance at which most of the spectators saw them , they were made taller by very thick - soled boots , and broader by the judicious arrangement of their dresses ; while the mask , no doubt , rendered ...
Page 13
... appear and talk ; another beats that piece of news by the information that the whole band of the Furies is to be brought upon the stage . With such conversation the time is beguiled till the first play be- gins ; conversation for which ...
... appear and talk ; another beats that piece of news by the information that the whole band of the Furies is to be brought upon the stage . With such conversation the time is beguiled till the first play be- gins ; conversation for which ...
Page 14
... appear . Their dress soon makes it clear what characters they represent , * and the first few sentences explain to us sufficiently the posi- In * The dress , however , of the actors was in great measure conventional , following closely ...
... appear . Their dress soon makes it clear what characters they represent , * and the first few sentences explain to us sufficiently the posi- In * The dress , however , of the actors was in great measure conventional , following closely ...
Page 15
... appear in solemn procession , and take their station in the orchestra to sing . There are usually twelve of them , all dressed alike as old men , or maidens , or soldiers , or as the case may be , and they enter generally three abreast ...
... appear in solemn procession , and take their station in the orchestra to sing . There are usually twelve of them , all dressed alike as old men , or maidens , or soldiers , or as the case may be , and they enter generally three abreast ...
Page 16
... appear spontaneous to an eye habituated to their use . Lastly , the notion , so difficult to get rid of , that in dancing there is something trivial and undig- nified , must be as far as possible discarded ; for , to the Athenian , the ...
... appear spontaneous to an eye habituated to their use . Lastly , the notion , so difficult to get rid of , that in dancing there is something trivial and undig- nified , must be as far as possible discarded ; for , to the Athenian , the ...
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A. C. vol actors Ægisthus Ægyptus æther Agamemnon altar Antistrophe Apollo Areopagus Argive Argos Atè Athenian Athens Atossa Atreus avenge awful Bacchus bear beautiful blood brother Calchas chant chief Chorus citizens Clytemnestra comes cries crime curse Danaids dance Darius dark dead death deed deities doth dread earth Electra Erinnys Eschylus Eteocles Eumenides express eyes fall fate father fear Furies GEOGRAPHY Geology goddess gods Greece Greek grief hand hath hear heaven hero honour host Jove king Laius lamentation land maidens messenger mortal mother numbers o'er orchestra Orestes palace Pallas Pelasgus Pelops Persian Persian war play poet Polynices pray prayers pride Prometheus queen race Salamis says scene Scythia sing slain solemn song speaks stage stands story strain Strophe sufferings suppliant tell temple TEXT-BOOK theatre Theban Thebes thee thou Thyestes tion tomb tragedy Troy utter vengeance wail words wrath Xerxes Zeus
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Page 131 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it; it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Page 141 - Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burned on Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle.
Page 109 - With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! Then, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the...
Page 53 - Hidden beneath the mountains and the waves. He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the universe ; And Science struck the thrones of Earth and Heaven, Which shook, but fell not ; and the harmonious mind Poured itself forth in all-prophetic song ; And music lifted up the listening spirit Until it walked, exempt from mortal care, Godlike, o'er the clear billows of sweet sound...
Page 52 - Nepenthe, moly, amaranth, fadeless blooms, That they might hide with thin and rainbow wings ' The shape of Death ; and Love he sent to bind The disunited tendrils of that vine \Vhich bears the wine of life, the human heart...