Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 83
... Phidias , or trowel of the Egyp- tians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but differ- ent from all these . Not possibly will the soul , all rich , all eloquent , with thousand - cloven tongue , deign to repeat itself ; but if you. SELF ...
... Phidias , or trowel of the Egyp- tians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but differ- ent from all these . Not possibly will the soul , all rich , all eloquent , with thousand - cloven tongue , deign to repeat itself ; but if you. SELF ...
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... 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 con- venient 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 con- venient for history , embarrass when we come to the highest criticism . We are to see that ...
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