The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 67
Page 4
... called the actuality of a poem like the Iliad . Does it conform to the fixed facts of nature ? Is the poet generally accurate in his topography and geography ? If we find that the natural features of the Trojan plain and the geography ...
... called the actuality of a poem like the Iliad . Does it conform to the fixed facts of nature ? Is the poet generally accurate in his topography and geography ? If we find that the natural features of the Trojan plain and the geography ...
Page 7
... called Dardanian , even supposing that it had an alternative name . Another view is that Dardanian simply means Trojan , and that the phrase means all or any of the gates . This would suit the sense , but is rightly rejected by Mr Leaf ...
... called Dardanian , even supposing that it had an alternative name . Another view is that Dardanian simply means Trojan , and that the phrase means all or any of the gates . This would suit the sense , but is rightly rejected by Mr Leaf ...
Page 13
... called Pyraichmes , or the chief of the Paphlagonians Pylaimenes . Contrast these and others with the name of the Lycian Sarpedon , which obviously rests on genuine tradition . Were they inventions of Homer or of an old Achæan singer ...
... called Pyraichmes , or the chief of the Paphlagonians Pylaimenes . Contrast these and others with the name of the Lycian Sarpedon , which obviously rests on genuine tradition . Were they inventions of Homer or of an old Achæan singer ...
Page 20
... called after his residence , surely he should have been known as Dietrich of Raben , for his permanent residence was in the palace of Ravenna . No , it was the great defeat which he inflicted at Verona upon Odovacar that associated him ...
... called after his residence , surely he should have been known as Dietrich of Raben , for his permanent residence was in the palace of Ravenna . No , it was the great defeat which he inflicted at Verona upon Odovacar that associated him ...
Page 30
... called upon him I always knew his disposition towards me because , ordi- narily speaking , the attendant would bring me a cigarette . If he wished to be a little more civil he would take a cigar from his breast - pocket ; but , if he ...
... called upon him I always knew his disposition towards me because , ordi- narily speaking , the attendant would bring me a cigarette . If he wished to be a little more civil he would take a cigar from his breast - pocket ; but , if he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achæans advance agricultural Allies army attack Austrian banks battle battleships Britain British Canal capital century China colonies connexion course Danube defence Disraeli Disraeli's Dobrudja Dominions East Eastern Egypt Empire enemy England English fact favour fighting fleet force foreign policy France French front Georgian Poetry German Government Greek guns hand harbour Heligoland Homer House Hughes Iliad Imperial important increased India industry interest Ireland Irish Volunteers Kiel Kiel Canal labour land less Lord Lucan ment miles natural naval never North Sea occupied Office opinion organisation Palestine Parliament passed peasant poet poetry political Pompey position possession present produce question railway realised reason recognised regard resolution result Rumanian Russian Senate Serbian Serbs ships small holdings South success Thiepval tion to-day trade Treitschke Trojan Trojan War troops Troy Turkish Volhynia whole Wilhelmshaven Wordsworth wounds Yuan Shih-kai