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... Passion play originated . The impetus for Sticca's valuable work was the founding of a Latin Passion play at the monastery of Montecassino which pre - dates by one century any other known western Passion play . After presenting a review ...
... Passion play originated . The impetus for Sticca's valuable work was the founding of a Latin Passion play at the monastery of Montecassino which pre - dates by one century any other known western Passion play . After presenting a review ...
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... passion and the choice in moments pregnant with possi- bilities . The first model is that of Shechem , who oppresses and then takes measures to cover the negative repercussions of his behavior . His passion is ... passion 34 PREGNANT PASSION.
... passion and the choice in moments pregnant with possi- bilities . The first model is that of Shechem , who oppresses and then takes measures to cover the negative repercussions of his behavior . His passion is ... passion 34 PREGNANT PASSION.
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... Passion, and Democratic Politics: Old Conceptions–New Understandings—New Possibilities,” in this volume, 148. 5. René Descartes, The Passions of the Soul, arts. 45 and 50, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, trans. John ...
... Passion, and Democratic Politics: Old Conceptions–New Understandings—New Possibilities,” in this volume, 148. 5. René Descartes, The Passions of the Soul, arts. 45 and 50, in The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, trans. John ...
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De Lacy. so absorbed by one prevailing passion , that every other ceased to be called into action . My house was , as it were , unoccu- pied - my carriages , for the most part , useless - and my horses obliged to be exercised by the ...
De Lacy. so absorbed by one prevailing passion , that every other ceased to be called into action . My house was , as it were , unoccu- pied - my carriages , for the most part , useless - and my horses obliged to be exercised by the ...
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Page 64 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Page 171 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the...
Page 74 - I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: // Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. // Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, / a shattered visage lies, / whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, / Tell that its sculptor / well those passions read / Which yet survive, / stamped on these lifeless things, / The hand that mocked them, / and the heart that fed: // And on the pedestal / these words appear: // "My...
Page 68 - I think Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by Singularity — it should strike the Reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a Remembrance — 2nd.
Page 41 - I have never yet been able to perceive how any thing can be known for truth by consecutive reasoning — and yet it must be. Can it be that even the greatest philosopher ever arrived at his goal without putting aside numerous objections. However it may be, O for a Life of sensations rather than of thoughts ! It is 'a vision in the form of youth
Page 141 - I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death. Even as a Matter of present interest the attempt to crush me in the Quarterly has only brought me more into notice, and it is a common expression among book men, " I wonder the Quarterly should cut its own throat.
Page 59 - Dilke on various subjects; several things dove-tailed in my mind, and at once it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously — I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason...
Page 85 - Or may I woo thee In earlier Sicilian ? or thy smiles Seek as they once were sought, in Grecian isles, By bards who died content on pleasant sward, Leaving great verse unto a little clan ? O, give me their old vigour, and unheard Save of the quiet Primrose, and the span Of heaven and few ears, Rounded by thee, my song should die away Content as theirs, Rich in the simple worship of a day.
Page 193 - I have given up Hyperion — there were too many Miltonic inversions in it — Miltonic verse cannot be written but in an artful, or, rather, artist's humour. I wish to give myself up to other sensations. English ought to be kept up.
Page 82 - I have been hovering for some time between an exquisite sense of the luxurious, and a love for philosophy, — were I calculated for the former, I should be glad. But as I am not, I shall turn all my soul to the latter.