The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 298
... Priam are weak ; the arms of Hector comparatively feeble ; his courage far below below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more 298 ON THE SUBLIME.
... Priam are weak ; the arms of Hector comparatively feeble ; his courage far below below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more 298 ON THE SUBLIME.
Page 299
Edmund Burke. below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more than Agamemnon , and Hector more than his con- queror Achilles . Admiration is the passion which Homer would excite in favour of the Greeks , and he has done it by bestowing ...
Edmund Burke. below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more than Agamemnon , and Hector more than his con- queror Achilles . Admiration is the passion which Homer would excite in favour of the Greeks , and he has done it by bestowing ...
Page 314
... Priam and the old men of his council , is generally thought to give us the highest possible idea of that fatal beauty . Οὐ νεμεσις Τρωας και ευκνημίδας Αχαιες , Τοιῃ δ ' αμφι γυναικι πολυν χρονον αλγεα πασχειν Αινως δ ' αθανατοισι θεῃς ...
... Priam and the old men of his council , is generally thought to give us the highest possible idea of that fatal beauty . Οὐ νεμεσις Τρωας και ευκνημίδας Αχαιες , Τοιῃ δ ' αμφι γυναικι πολυν χρονον αλγεα πασχειν Αινως δ ' αθανατοισι θεῃς ...
Page 318
... Priam dragged to the altar's foot , and there murdered , if it were well executed , would undoubtedly be very moving ; but there are very aggravating circumstances , which it could never represent : Sanguine fædantem quos ipse ...
... Priam dragged to the altar's foot , and there murdered , if it were well executed , would undoubtedly be very moving ; but there are very aggravating circumstances , which it could never represent : Sanguine fædantem quos ipse ...
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