Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 8
... imagination ; but how changed , when as Isis in Egypt she meets Osiris - Jove , a beautiful woman , with nothing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar horns as the splendid ornament of her brows ! The identity of history is equally ...
... imagination ; but how changed , when as Isis in Egypt she meets Osiris - Jove , a beautiful woman , with nothing of the metamorphosis left but the lunar horns as the splendid ornament of her brows ! The identity of history is equally ...
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... imagination and not of the fancy , are universal verities . What a range of meanings and what perpetual pertinence has the story of Prome- theus ! Beside its primary value as the first chapter of the history of Europe ( the mythology ...
... imagination and not of the fancy , are universal verities . What a range of meanings and what perpetual pertinence has the story of Prome- theus ! Beside its primary value as the first chapter of the history of Europe ( the mythology ...
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... imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief to the mind from ...
... imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for the reason that it operates a wonderful relief to the mind from ...
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... imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the advancing actor . He is attended as by a visible escort of angels . That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice ...
... imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the advancing actor . He is attended as by a visible escort of angels . That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice ...
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... imagination plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is ...
... imagination plays us false . Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is ...
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