 He, indeed, overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity ; but he does it from the table-land of the age in which he lived. He towered above his fellows " in shape and gesture proudly eminent...  Versiones Homeri Anglicae - Página 5de David George Penon - 1861 - 60 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1820 - 646 páginas
...rf monster of poetical genius, and all his contemporaries of an order far below him. ' He, indeed, overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity...in shape and gesture proudly eminent ; " but he was but one of a race of giants, — the tallest, the strouge»t> the most graceful and beautiful of them... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1831 - 372 páginas
...dramatic talent. " He overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity," says an admirable critic ;* " but he does it from the table-land of the age in which he lived. He towers above his fellows ' in shape and gesture proudly eminent ;' but he was one of a race of giants,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1833 - 382 páginas
...dramatic talent. " He overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity," says an admirable critic;* "but he does it from the table-land of the age in which he lived. He towers above his fellows ' in shape and gesture proudly eminent ;' but he was one of a race of giants,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1842 - 412 páginas
...sort of monster of poetical genius, and aU his contemporaries of an order far below him. " He, indeed, overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity; but he does it from the table land of the age in which he lived. He towered above his fellows ' in shade and gesture proudly... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 350 páginas
...of monster of poetical genius, and all his contemporaries of an order far below him. " He, indeed, overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity; but he does it from the table land of the age in which he lived. He towered above his fellows ' in shade and gesture proudly... | |
 | 1847 - 368 páginas
...dramatic talent. " He overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity," says an admirable critic;* "but he does it from the table-land of the age in which he lived. He towers above his fellows ' in shape and gesture proudly eminent :' but he was one of a race of giants,... | |
 | Sir James Stephen, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1848 - 356 páginas
...sort of monster of poetical genius, and all his contemporaries of an order far below him. "He, indeed, overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity; but he does it from j the lublt land of the age in which he lived' He towered above his fellows 'in shade and gesture proudly... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 páginas
...trial and temptation, like you, shall find reword !" SHAKSPERE. 3HAK8PERE towered above his fellowt, " in shape and gesture proudly eminent." But he was...the tallest, the strongest, the most graceful, and heautiful of them; but it was a common and a noble brood. He was not something sacred and aloof from... | |
 | 1852 - 354 páginas
...of monster of poetical genius, and all his contemporaries of an order far below him, '•He, indeed, overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity; but he does it from the table lat.d of the age in which he lived. He towered above his fellows 'in shade and gesture proudly... | |
 | 1853 - 528 páginas
...one of his fmest critics, Hazlitt), overlooks and commands the admiration of posterity, but he docs it from the table-land of the age in which he lived. He towered above his follows ' in shape and gesture proudly eminent.' But he waa one of a race of giants—the tallest,... | |
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