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John Owen. writers - none have enjoyed so great a popularity as represent- ing the character of the writer , as well as that of his nation , as each of these great plays has done . Now a brief reflection may serve to suggest that these ...
John Owen. writers - none have enjoyed so great a popularity as represent- ing the character of the writer , as well as that of his nation , as each of these great plays has done . Now a brief reflection may serve to suggest that these ...
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... represent as following closely on the creation of man . 2. But the myth of Prometheus is only one form of a some- what large group of myths . Indeed it is a noteworthy fact in mythology that all the more significant and comprehensive ...
... represent as following closely on the creation of man . 2. But the myth of Prometheus is only one form of a some- what large group of myths . Indeed it is a noteworthy fact in mythology that all the more significant and comprehensive ...
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... represents him contending with all the immortals . However , he was defeated , and , as a punishment , was buried in Tartaros under Mount Etna . Men- oitios is the name of another Titan who for similar insurrection against the Olympian ...
... represents him contending with all the immortals . However , he was defeated , and , as a punishment , was buried in Tartaros under Mount Etna . Men- oitios is the name of another Titan who for similar insurrection against the Olympian ...
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... represented from a purely physical or sensible point of view . But this was succeeded by a meta- physical stage , in which the human faculties were equal to the formation and combination of abstractions , when , for example , Time ...
... represented from a purely physical or sensible point of view . But this was succeeded by a meta- physical stage , in which the human faculties were equal to the formation and combination of abstractions , when , for example , Time ...
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... represents the clouds or mist . 2. Fiery Celestial , in which he represents the stars , light- ning , eclipses , etc. 3. Fiery Terrestrial , in which he embodies either the de- structive aspects of fire , as for example in vol- canoes ...
... represents the clouds or mist . 2. Fiery Celestial , in which he represents the stars , light- ning , eclipses , etc. 3. Fiery Terrestrial , in which he embodies either the de- structive aspects of fire , as for example in vol- canoes ...
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Page 302 - Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad: Mad in pursuit, and in possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe; Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream.
Page 297 - For nought so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give ; Nor aught so good, but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse : Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime 's by action dignified.
Page 336 - Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see, The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds...
Page 286 - Save base authority from others' books. • These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Page 336 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say, " This thing 's to do," Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do 't.
Page 321 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come ; the readiness is all ; since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?
Page 293 - They say miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Page 321 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 301 - Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead ; Force should be right ; or rather, right and wrong (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Page 76 - Thou art a symbol and a sign To Mortals of their fate and force ; Like thee, Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source ; And Man in portions can foresee His own funereal destiny...