The Quarterly Review, Volumen226John Murray, 1916 |
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... important brick fortress at Hissarlik , the traditional site of Troy , with unmistakable marks that it had been destroyed by fire ; but it belonged to a period long previous to the Mycenæan . Above its ruins he found the traces of four ...
... important brick fortress at Hissarlik , the traditional site of Troy , with unmistakable marks that it had been destroyed by fire ; but it belonged to a period long previous to the Mycenæan . Above its ruins he found the traces of four ...
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... , there is in the epic story a real core of fact which we may reasonably endeavour to discover ? Mr Leaf has addressed himself to the solution of this problem , which is as fascinating as it is important , and B 2 THE TROJAN WAR 3.
... , there is in the epic story a real core of fact which we may reasonably endeavour to discover ? Mr Leaf has addressed himself to the solution of this problem , which is as fascinating as it is important , and B 2 THE TROJAN WAR 3.
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which is as fascinating as it is important , and in two brilliant volumes he has , in our opinion , successfully vindicated the view that the theme of the Iliad had its basis in history and not in myth . There is one available test of ...
which is as fascinating as it is important , and in two brilliant volumes he has , in our opinion , successfully vindicated the view that the theme of the Iliad had its basis in history and not in myth . There is one available test of ...
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... important point and we ought to be clear about it . The curious story of the Locrian tribute , to which Mr Leaf has devoted some instructive pages , seems sufficient to establish the cult of Athene in the city of Priam . The crime of ...
... important point and we ought to be clear about it . The curious story of the Locrian tribute , to which Mr Leaf has devoted some instructive pages , seems sufficient to establish the cult of Athene in the city of Priam . The crime of ...
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... important centre of commerce is that the Hellespont should be closed to the ships of the Ægean Sea . When this is the case , the Trojan plain becomes of necessity the natural meeting place for the trade of the Ægean and the Euxine ...
... important centre of commerce is that the Hellespont should be closed to the ships of the Ægean Sea . When this is the case , the Trojan plain becomes of necessity the natural meeting place for the trade of the Ægean and the Euxine ...
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Página 130 - eyes to England's faults, about which his Sonnets use harder words than they ever use about her enemy: ' Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more; The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household lawn.
Página 124 - fiery heart' and 'tumultuous harmony' to prefer the stockdove's song, ' Slow to begin and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee; That was the song—the song for me !' yet the ' glee' remained, if now more inward than outward ; and so did the poet's faith in the heart of man
Página 128 - There ! that dusky spot Beneath thee, that is England; there she lies. Blessings be on you both! One hope, one lot, One life, one glory! I with many a fear For my dear Country, many heartfelt sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here.
Página 131 - For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child
Página 131 - the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child 1
Página 402 - 1 grow old. ... I grow old . . . I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind ? Do I dare to eat a
Página 131 - art Verily, in the bottom of my heart, Of those unnlial fears I am ashamed. For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled: What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child
Página 402 - I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.' Here, surely, is the reduction to absurdity of that
Página 392 - you as she sent you, long ago, South to desert, east to ocean, west to snow, West of these out to seas colder than the Hebrides 1 must go Where the fleet of stars is anchored, and the young Star-captains glow.' Such melody and such imagery as this are in the true
Página 476 - digestive medicament had but little pain, and their wounds without inflammation or swelling, having rested fairly well that night; the others, to whom the boiling oil was used, I found feverish, with great pain and swelling about the edges of their wounds. Then I resolved never more to burn thus cruelly poor men with gunshot wounds.