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... Iliad which , on the whole , has excited most admiration , is that which describes a wife's sorrow at parting from ... Iliad , 1 , 463 . 4 Iliad , vi , 468 . the representation of the Heroic or Impossible forms , the FROM Modern Painters 59.
... Iliad which , on the whole , has excited most admiration , is that which describes a wife's sorrow at parting from ... Iliad , 1 , 463 . 4 Iliad , vi , 468 . the representation of the Heroic or Impossible forms , the FROM Modern Painters 59.
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... ( Iliad , xix . 92 ) ; i.e. , not on the solid ground , but on human vain thoughts ; therefore , her hair is glittering ( Iliad , xix . 126 ) . I think she is mainly the confusion of mind coming of pride , as Eris comes of covetousness ...
... ( Iliad , xix . 92 ) ; i.e. , not on the solid ground , but on human vain thoughts ; therefore , her hair is glittering ( Iliad , xix . 126 ) . I think she is mainly the confusion of mind coming of pride , as Eris comes of covetousness ...
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... Iliad is now misread or disbelieved , as if it was impossible that the Iliad could be instructive because it is not like a sermon . Horace does not say that it is like a sermon , and would have been still less likely to say so , if he ...
... Iliad is now misread or disbelieved , as if it was impossible that the Iliad could be instructive because it is not like a sermon . Horace does not say that it is like a sermon , and would have been still less likely to say so , if he ...
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from Modern Painters II 1846 | 3 |
The Imagination Penetrative | 16 |
Dante | 36 |
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