Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Sheldon, 1860 |
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الصفحة 23
... greatest of ministers ; it was pat- ronised by successive kings ; it numbered in its lists most of the eminent French writers . Yet what benefit has literature derived from its labours ? What is its history but an uninterrupted record ...
... greatest of ministers ; it was pat- ronised by successive kings ; it numbered in its lists most of the eminent French writers . Yet what benefit has literature derived from its labours ? What is its history but an uninterrupted record ...
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... greatest of philosophers , if he can an- swer it . SPEUSIPPUS . Pythagoras is of opinion - HIPPOMACHUS . Pythagoras stole that and all his other opinions from Asia and Egypt . The transmigration of the soul and the vegetable diet are ...
... greatest of philosophers , if he can an- swer it . SPEUSIPPUS . Pythagoras is of opinion - HIPPOMACHUS . Pythagoras stole that and all his other opinions from Asia and Egypt . The transmigration of the soul and the vegetable diet are ...
الصفحة 55
... greatest writer of his country . He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his na- tive dialect . The Latin tongue , which , under the most favourable circumstances , and in the hands of the greatest masters ...
... greatest writer of his country . He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his na- tive dialect . The Latin tongue , which , under the most favourable circumstances , and in the hands of the greatest masters ...
الصفحة 61
... greatest poems , I think , of the eighteenth century , we may trace the influence of that mighty genius which has immortal- ised the ill - starred love of Francesca , and the paternal agonies of Ugolino . Alfieri bequeathed the sover ...
... greatest poems , I think , of the eighteenth century , we may trace the influence of that mighty genius which has immortal- ised the ill - starred love of Francesca , and the paternal agonies of Ugolino . Alfieri bequeathed the sover ...
الصفحة 62
... greatest enthusiasm , and produced the most important changes . In the time of Dante all the three , often in amalgamation , generally in conflict , agitated the pub- lic mind . The preceding generation had witnessed the wrongs and the ...
... greatest enthusiasm , and produced the most important changes . In the time of Dante all the three , often in amalgamation , generally in conflict , agitated the pub- lic mind . The preceding generation had witnessed the wrongs and the ...
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