Laocoon; Or The Limits of Poetry and PaintingJ. Ridgway & Sons., 1836 - 373 Seiten |
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... pain which displays itself in every muscle and sinew of the body , and which fancy might almost detect in the very contrac- tions of the abdomen , independent of the coun- tenance and other parts , is yet expressed without extravagance ...
... pain which displays itself in every muscle and sinew of the body , and which fancy might almost detect in the very contrac- tions of the abdomen , independent of the coun- tenance and other parts , is yet expressed without extravagance ...
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... pain is not expressed in the countenance of Laocoon with that violence which its intensity might lead us to expect , is perfectly correct . It is equally undeniable that in this very peculiarity , for which a tasteless pretender to ...
... pain is not expressed in the countenance of Laocoon with that violence which its intensity might lead us to expect , is perfectly correct . It is equally undeniable that in this very peculiarity , for which a tasteless pretender to ...
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... pain , he filled the camp , interrupted the sacrifices and other sacred rites , and re - echoed no less direfully through the desert island , to which they were the cause of his banishment . Such are the lamentations — such the accents ...
... pain , he filled the camp , interrupted the sacrifices and other sacred rites , and re - echoed no less direfully through the desert island , to which they were the cause of his banishment . Such are the lamentations — such the accents ...
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... pain . Homer's wounded warriors not unfre- quently fall to the earth with a shriek . Venus screams aloud when scratched . * Not that a scream is meant as characteristic of the effemi- nate goddess of pleasure , but rather as the ...
... pain . Homer's wounded warriors not unfre- quently fall to the earth with a shriek . Venus screams aloud when scratched . * Not that a scream is meant as characteristic of the effemi- nate goddess of pleasure , but rather as the ...
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... pain and suf- fering , or the expression of that sensation by cries , by tears , or by execrations . In their actions they are beings of a superior mould ; in their feelings they are simple men . I am aware that we Europeans , tutored ...
... pain and suf- fering , or the expression of that sensation by cries , by tears , or by execrations . In their actions they are beings of a superior mould ; in their feelings they are simple men . I am aware that we Europeans , tutored ...
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Achilles acquainted action admiration Æneas Æneid Æsop Agesander alluded ancient artists appear artifice Athenodorus attributes Bacchus bodily pain body Caylus Chabrias character circumstance Comte de Caylus contrary corporeal beauty critic deformity degree delineation describes disgust divine effect employed end of volume example excite executed exhibited expression eyes fancy feeling figure follow former Furies give Glasgow goddess gods Greek hand Harduin hero Homer idea Iliad imagination imitation instance Laocoon latter less Lysippus Mars means nature Neoptolemus never Nicias Note object observed Olympiad opinion Ovid painter painting passage Pausanias Phidias Philoctetes Pliny poet poetic pictures poetry Polydorus Polygnotus produce Pythodorus reference render represented ridiculous Roman says sceptre sculptor sect SECTION serpents shield shrieks sight single Sophocles spectator Spence Statius statue sufferings suppose sympathy taste Timanthes tion traits Translator true Venus Vesta Virgil whole Winkelmann words writer δε
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Seite 243 - But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail...
Seite 243 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Seite 322 - ... et jam bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Seite 208 - Sotto quel sta, quasi fra due vallette La bocca sparsa di natio cinabro; Quivi due filze son di perle elette, Che chiude ed apre un bello, e dolce labro: Quindi escon le cortesi parolette Da render molle ogni cor rozzo e scabro: Quivi si forma quel soave riso, Ch'apre a sua posta in terra il paradiso. Bianca neve è il bel collo, e...
Seite 160 - This sceptre, form'd by temper'd steel, to prove An ensign of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of laws and justice springs (Tremendous oath! inviolate to kings): By this I swear, when bleeding Greece again Shall call Achilles, she shall call in vain.
Seite 243 - Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace...
Seite 194 - The' appointed heralds still the noisy bands, And form a ring, with sceptres in their hands : On seats of stone, within the sacred place, The reverend elders nodded o'er the case ; Alternate, each the...
Seite 242 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard?
Seite 243 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Seite 155 - Of sounding brass ; the polished axle, steel. Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame ; The circles gold, of uncorrupted frame, Such as the heavens produce : and round the gold, Two brazen rings of work divine were roll'd.