The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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Page 243
... Priam are weak ; the arms of Hector comparatively feeble ; his courage far below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more than Agamemnon , and Hector more than his conqueror Achilles . Admiration is the passion which Homer would excite ...
... Priam are weak ; the arms of Hector comparatively feeble ; his courage far below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more than Agamemnon , and Hector more than his conqueror Achilles . Admiration is the passion which Homer would excite ...
Page 256
... Priam and the old men of his coun- cil , is generally thought to give us the highest possi- ble idea of that fatal beauty . Οὐ νέμεσις , Τρώας καὶ ἐϋκνήμιδας Αχαιούς Τοιῇδ ̓ ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἄλγεα πάσχειν · Αἰνῶς ἀθανάτῃσι θεῇς ...
... Priam and the old men of his coun- cil , is generally thought to give us the highest possi- ble idea of that fatal beauty . Οὐ νέμεσις , Τρώας καὶ ἐϋκνήμιδας Αχαιούς Τοιῇδ ̓ ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἄλγεα πάσχειν · Αἰνῶς ἀθανάτῃσι θεῇς ...
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... Priam dragged to the altar's foot , and there murdered , if it were well executed , would undoubtedly be very mov- ing ; but there are very aggravating circumstances , which it could never represent : Sanguine fœdantem quos ipse ...
... Priam dragged to the altar's foot , and there murdered , if it were well executed , would undoubtedly be very mov- ing ; but there are very aggravating circumstances , which it could never represent : Sanguine fœdantem quos ipse ...
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