Classic and historic portraits, Том 1Hurst, 1853 |
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... amongst the fragments of Sappho , in which she expresses her pre- ference of the beauty of the mind to the beauty of the person . * The argument drawn from these verses - that Sappho undervalued what she did not possess - is , I think ...
... amongst the fragments of Sappho , in which she expresses her pre- ference of the beauty of the mind to the beauty of the person . * The argument drawn from these verses - that Sappho undervalued what she did not possess - is , I think ...
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... amongst her scholars are reckoned the sad Simonides and that Ibycus of Rhegium , who , of all others , appeared to Cicero to be warmest in love . † 66 The ancients made this woman a heroine in their dramas and romances . The love of ...
... amongst her scholars are reckoned the sad Simonides and that Ibycus of Rhegium , who , of all others , appeared to Cicero to be warmest in love . † 66 The ancients made this woman a heroine in their dramas and romances . The love of ...
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... dwarf , with a hump on his back , are at this moment historical facts with , perhaps , ninety- nine out of a hundred who have heard of these illustrious men . The name of Esop is amongst the most renowned that 16 . PORTRAITS . ESOP.
... dwarf , with a hump on his back , are at this moment historical facts with , perhaps , ninety- nine out of a hundred who have heard of these illustrious men . The name of Esop is amongst the most renowned that 16 . PORTRAITS . ESOP.
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James Bruce. The name of Esop is amongst the most renowned that have come down from antiquity . His era is some time about five or six hundred years before Christ . He stands somewhere between Homer and the great age of Grecian ...
James Bruce. The name of Esop is amongst the most renowned that have come down from antiquity . His era is some time about five or six hundred years before Christ . He stands somewhere between Homer and the great age of Grecian ...
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... amongst the Greeks that Æsop revived again and lived a second life . Should he revive once more and see the picture before the book that carries his name , could he think it drawn for himself or for the monkey , or some strange beast ...
... amongst the Greeks that Æsop revived again and lived a second life . Should he revive once more and see the picture before the book that carries his name , could he think it drawn for himself or for the monkey , or some strange beast ...
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