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All the Homeric characters , down to Thersites , are drawn each in its way with a master's hand ; Eneas is no ... most the character of a copy and which of an original — what are we to say of the genuine and manly character of Turnus ?
All the Homeric characters , down to Thersites , are drawn each in its way with a master's hand ; Eneas is no ... most the character of a copy and which of an original — what are we to say of the genuine and manly character of Turnus ?
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When in the Italian romance the character of Orlando again became the basis of new epic poems , we again find in the protagonist great weakness indeed , as compared with Achilles and Ulysses ; but strength and success as compared with ...
When in the Italian romance the character of Orlando again became the basis of new epic poems , we again find in the protagonist great weakness indeed , as compared with Achilles and Ulysses ; but strength and success as compared with ...
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But Agamemnon alone among the Greek heroes had in his character a strong element of what we call shabbiness ; and what is more , he uses this plea only after making reparation , and not , as Æneas does , in lieu of any .
But Agamemnon alone among the Greek heroes had in his character a strong element of what we call shabbiness ; and what is more , he uses this plea only after making reparation , and not , as Æneas does , in lieu of any .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 101 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1857 |
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