I do not know by the character that is given of her works, whether it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous to have given them a reading. The Spectator - Pagina 2131726 - 312 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Donna Landry - 1990 - 344 pagina’s
...susceptible reader: She is called by Ancient Authors the Tenth Muse; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the Son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but Flame....whether it is not for the Benefit of Mankind that they arc lost. They were filled with such bewitching Tenderness and Rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Catherine Maxwell - 2001 - 292 pagina’s
...mutilated Poets of Antiquity, there is none whose Fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho ... I do not know, by the Character that is given of her...it is not for the Benefit of Mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such a bewitching Tenderness and Rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Terry Castle - 2003 - 1150 pagina’s
...its symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the Tenth Muse; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus, the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
 | Jan Godderis - 2006 - 468 pagina’s
...it's symptoms. She is called by ancient authors the tenth muse; and by Plutarch is compared to Cacus the son of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing but flame....character that is given of her works, whether it is not tor the benent of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and... | |
 | 310 pagina’s
...pulse forgot to play; I fainted, sunk, and dy'ed away, Joseph Addison was none the less able to say: 'I do not know, by the character that is given of...it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost. They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture, that it might have been dangerous... | |
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