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Page xvii
... give the reader something like a representative summary of the work itself that has been accomplished by the great creative minds of the world in letters . But , also , it aims at placing that work in historical perspective , showing ...
... give the reader something like a representative summary of the work itself that has been accomplished by the great creative minds of the world in letters . But , also , it aims at placing that work in historical perspective , showing ...
Page 10
... give gifts of themselves . If thou be among the guests of a man that is greater than thou , accept that which he giveth thee , putting it to thy lips . If thou look at him that is before thee ( thine host ) , pierce him not with many ...
... give gifts of themselves . If thou be among the guests of a man that is greater than thou , accept that which he giveth thee , putting it to thy lips . If thou look at him that is before thee ( thine host ) , pierce him not with many ...
Page 17
... give a modern manuscript the appearance of a rare antique by burying it in a sack of grain until the colour had changed and the papyrus had become worm - eaten . § 3 It was in the third century before Christ that Alexandria under the ...
... give a modern manuscript the appearance of a rare antique by burying it in a sack of grain until the colour had changed and the papyrus had become worm - eaten . § 3 It was in the third century before Christ that Alexandria under the ...
Page 24
... give life to his work , and the goddess answered his prayer . In com- mon with so many other classical myths , the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired modern poets , among them Schiller and Andrew Lang . A play was written round ...
... give life to his work , and the goddess answered his prayer . In com- mon with so many other classical myths , the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired modern poets , among them Schiller and Andrew Lang . A play was written round ...
Page 43
... give him one of the king's three daughters in marriage , without requiring him to make a settlement on her , and to add to the other gifts seven fair cities . Achilles refuses in a speech which is the supreme climax of the Homeric ...
... give him one of the king's three daughters in marriage , without requiring him to make a settlement on her , and to add to the other gifts seven fair cities . Achilles refuses in a speech which is the supreme climax of the Homeric ...
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