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The Tragedies of Sophocles - Page vi
by Sophocles - 1808 - 406 pages
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Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 63

1788 - 642 pages
...like fome imperial palace of the richett architecture, the fymmetry of wjiofe parts, and the chafte magnificence of the whole, delight the eye, and command the approbation of the judgement. The pathetic and moral Euripides hath the folemnity of a Gothic temple, whofe ftoried windows...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 91

1792 - 530 pages
...dignity, like fome imperial palace of riehen architecture, the fymmetry of whofc parts, and the chafte magnificence of the whole, delight the eye, and command...of the judgment. The pathetic and moral Euripides has the folemnity of a Gothic Temple, whofe ftoried windows admit a dim religious light, enough to...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 4

Charles Bucke - 1823 - 474 pages
...best critics, — has three beautiful illustrations. " The sublime and daring AESCHYLUS," says he, " resembles some strong and impregnable castle, situated...storied windows admit a dim religious light, enough to shew us its high embossed roof, and the menu Jents of the dead, which rise in every part, impressing...
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Manual of Classical Literature

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Art, Ancient - 1845 - 788 pages
...martin! grandeur awes the beholder ; its battlements defended by heroes, and its antes proudly nung with trophies. Sophocles appears with splendid dignity,...windows • admit a dim religious light, enough to snow its high embowod roof, nnd the monuments of the dead, which rise in ever^' part, impressing our...
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Manual of Classical Literature: From the German of J.J. Eschenburg ... With ...

Johann Joachim Eschenburg, Nathan Welby Fiske - Art - 1849 - 766 pages
...martial randeur awes (he beholo^er ; its battlements defended by heroes, and ils gates proudly ung with trophies. Sophocles appears with splendid dignity,...hath the solemnity of a Gothic temple, whose storied window» admit a dim religious light, enough to show its high embowed roof, and the monuments of the...
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Manual of Classical Literature: From the German of J.J. Eschenburg ... With ...

Johann Joachim Eschenburg, Nathan Welby Fiske - Art - 1849 - 766 pages
...trophies. Sophocles appears with splendid digniiy, like some imperial palace of richest architecture, me symmetry of whose parts and the chaste magnificence...storied windows admit a dim religious light, enough to snow its high embowed roof, and the monuments of the dead, which rise in every part, impressing our...
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Manual of Classical Literature

Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Art - 1854 - 766 pages
...trophies. Sophocles appears with splendid dignity, like some imperial palace of rirhest architecture, me symmetry of whose parts and the chaste magnificence of the whole, delight the eye, and command ihe approbation of the judgment. The pathetic and moral Euripides hnth the solemnity of a Gothic temple,...
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The Poets and the Poetry of the Ancient Greeks: With an Historical ...

Abraham Mills - Greek literature - 1858 - 498 pages
...— its battlements defended by heroes in arms, and its gates proudly hung with trophies. Sophpcles appears with splendid dignity, like some imperial...of the judgment. The pathetic and moral Euripides has the solemnity of a Gothic temple, whose stained windows admit a dim religious light, enough to...
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A Compendium of Classical Literature: Comprising Choice Extracts Translated ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - Authors, Classical - 1861 - 634 pages
...some imperial palace of richest architecture, the symmetry of whose parts und the chaste maguificence of the whole delight the eye and command the approbation...judgment. The pathetic and moral Euripides hath the solemuity of a Gothic temple, whose storied windows admit a dim religions light, enongh to show its...
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The History of Civilization, Volume 2

Amos Dean - Civilization - 1869 - 550 pages
...castle situated on a rock, whose martial grandeur awes the beholder, its battlements defended by heroes, and its gates proudly hung with trophies. Sophocles...whose storied windows admit a dim, religious light, euough to show its high embowered roof, and the monuments of the dead, which rise in every part, impressing...
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