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... beauty , ” “ O thou of many names , glory of the Cad- mean bride . " 66 99 66 99 66 The Oedipus at Colonus is not the greatest , but it is the most beautiful of Greek plays . These few words cannot convey a realizing sense of its beauty ...
... beauty , ” “ O thou of many names , glory of the Cad- mean bride . " 66 99 66 99 66 The Oedipus at Colonus is not the greatest , but it is the most beautiful of Greek plays . These few words cannot convey a realizing sense of its beauty ...
Page 77
To this setting we must add the beauty of the metres , the blank verse , exquisitely modulated , from the movement of quiet description and reflection to that of proud patriotic defiance and impassioned de- nunciation ; the beauty of ...
To this setting we must add the beauty of the metres , the blank verse , exquisitely modulated , from the movement of quiet description and reflection to that of proud patriotic defiance and impassioned de- nunciation ; the beauty of ...
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... beauty as no other dramatist has achieved . " When unexpected beauty burns like sudden sunlight on the sea , " beauty alone will sometimes lift us out of ourselves and sublimate , tranquillize , and unify our feelings . Yet unbeautiful ...
... beauty as no other dramatist has achieved . " When unexpected beauty burns like sudden sunlight on the sea , " beauty alone will sometimes lift us out of ourselves and sublimate , tranquillize , and unify our feelings . Yet unbeautiful ...
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