The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 199
... Greeks did not even know the name . Think you , Madam , that a people after having filled this immense space in the imagina- tion of the human race can retire from it with impunity ? For my part , I think not . I think that the English ...
... Greeks did not even know the name . Think you , Madam , that a people after having filled this immense space in the imagina- tion of the human race can retire from it with impunity ? For my part , I think not . I think that the English ...
Page 324
... Greek and Latin languages as the best means of training the intellect and taste , and to the knowledge of ancient literature and life as the origin of modern civilisation . Their attention , however , has been in the mean time somewhat ...
... Greek and Latin languages as the best means of training the intellect and taste , and to the knowledge of ancient literature and life as the origin of modern civilisation . Their attention , however , has been in the mean time somewhat ...
Page 325
... Greeks to seek refuge in the West , bringing with them many a copy of the old Greek authors . Venice offered the fugitives the shelter of an inde- pendent republic , whose fleets kept the Mohammedans at bay . From this centre Greek ...
... Greeks to seek refuge in the West , bringing with them many a copy of the old Greek authors . Venice offered the fugitives the shelter of an inde- pendent republic , whose fleets kept the Mohammedans at bay . From this centre Greek ...
Page 326
... Greek . Dissatisfied with his progress while attending the lectures of Adrian Turnebus , Scaliger commenced , in the seclu- sion of his own room , a systematic reading of the Greek authors , beginning with Homer . Two years of incessant ...
... Greek . Dissatisfied with his progress while attending the lectures of Adrian Turnebus , Scaliger commenced , in the seclu- sion of his own room , a systematic reading of the Greek authors , beginning with Homer . Two years of incessant ...
Page 328
... Greek drama from the darkness of uncertainty and fable ; and Bentley handed down the study and emendation of the Greek dramatists as a sort of sacred tradition to the Cambridge school . Here , if anywhere , was scope for the textual ...
... Greek drama from the darkness of uncertainty and fable ; and Bentley handed down the study and emendation of the Greek dramatists as a sort of sacred tradition to the Cambridge school . Here , if anywhere , was scope for the textual ...
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