The Quarterly Review, Volume 139William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1875 |
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Page 82
... ancient , from the Christian as regarded modern times ; Jeru- salem was the centre of one world , Rome of the other , and the history of both met in one point , the birth of Christ . We lay stress on the fact that the supposed ...
... ancient , from the Christian as regarded modern times ; Jeru- salem was the centre of one world , Rome of the other , and the history of both met in one point , the birth of Christ . We lay stress on the fact that the supposed ...
Page 83
... ancient writers that in his mind Italy is but the continuation of Rome , not the new and distinct nation we have in modern times been edu- cated to consider it . His view of the ancient Latin world was not an abstract and literary , but ...
... ancient writers that in his mind Italy is but the continuation of Rome , not the new and distinct nation we have in modern times been edu- cated to consider it . His view of the ancient Latin world was not an abstract and literary , but ...
Page 85
... ancient personages , about whom the latter had the best means of knowing , without accepting it as to matters on which only a Christian would be well informed . In accordance with this idea , the Christianity of Virgil is in the ...
... ancient personages , about whom the latter had the best means of knowing , without accepting it as to matters on which only a Christian would be well informed . In accordance with this idea , the Christianity of Virgil is in the ...
Page 142
... ancient history , and his knowledge of Greek and Roman drama , suggested to him that it might be at once interesting and safe to take his scenes from the old dead world , instead of dealing with the scandals of a living court , or ...
... ancient history , and his knowledge of Greek and Roman drama , suggested to him that it might be at once interesting and safe to take his scenes from the old dead world , instead of dealing with the scandals of a living court , or ...
Page 164
... ancient history , and costume . He made his first ap- pearance at the Théâtre Français on the 21st November , 1787 . His talent was at once acknowledged , but he did not reach the pinnacle of fame with a sudden bound . He was often ...
... ancient history , and costume . He made his first ap- pearance at the Théâtre Français on the 21st November , 1787 . His talent was at once acknowledged , but he did not reach the pinnacle of fame with a sudden bound . He was often ...
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