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Page 73
... Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses , or Dante , but different from all these . Not possibly will the soul all rich , all eloquent , with thousand - cloven tongue , deign to repeat itself ; but if you can hear ...
... Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses , or Dante , but different from all these . Not possibly will the soul all rich , all eloquent , with thousand - cloven tongue , deign to repeat itself ; but if you can hear ...
Page 97
... Phidias it is not , but the work of man in that early Hellenic world , that I would know . The name and circumstance of Phidias , however convenient for history , embarrass when we come to the highest criticism . We are to see that ...
... Phidias it is not , but the work of man in that early Hellenic world , that I would know . The name and circumstance of Phidias , however convenient for history , embarrass when we come to the highest criticism . We are to see that ...
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