 ... ambition of his life. From the religions of the conquered peoples he extracts material to feed his quenchless pride ; or, if that be impossible, he can at least, by resource to scepticism, set aside their appeals to higher ideals, and at the worst...  Alexander the great, a dramatic poem - Página 135por Aubrey De Vere (calling himself earl of Oxford.) - 1874Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1896 - 600 páginas
...appeals to higher idea1s, and at the worst he can cut the tangled knot with his resistless sword. ' This only know we — We walk upon a world not knowable...least deserve, Yet capable, not less, of task heroic. 31 y trust is in my work ; on that I fling me, Trampling all questionings down.' The many aspects of... | |
 | 1896 - 926 páginas
...their appeals to higher ideals, and at the worst he can cut the tangled knot with his resistless sword. This only know we — We walk upon a world not knowable...that I fling me, Trampling all questionings down. The many aspects of Alexander's character, beside that of its overmastering pride, his poetic mysticism,... | |
 | 1874 - 820 páginas
...Macedonian equivalent for the ' agnostic' position of the great Secularists of to-day : — ' AEEXANDER. . This only know we—- We walk upon a world not knowable...that I fling me, Trampling all questionings down.' ;' Yet Alexander's mind reverts to the superstition of his descent from Jupiter as he lies dying, —... | |
 | 1875 - 1004 páginas
...final outcome of his thoughts is this : " This only know we — \Ve walk upon a world not knowablc. Save in those things which knowledge least deserve,...that I fling me, Trampling all questionings down." And yet the next moment he cries out : " I sometimes think That I am less a person than a power, SOCK... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1898 - 258 páginas
...appeals to higher ideals, and at the worst he can cut the tangled knot with his resistless sword. ' This only know we — We walk upon a world not knowable...that I fling me, Trampling all questionings down.' The many aspects of Alexander's character, beside that of its overmastering pride, his poetic mysticism,... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1898 - 240 páginas
...appeals to higher ideals, and at the worst he can cut the tangled knot with his resistless sword. ' This only know we — We walk upon a world not knowable...less, of task heroic. My trust is in my work ; on that 1 fling me, Trampling all questionings down.' The many aspects of Alexander's character, beside that... | |
 | 1896 - 926 páginas
...the tangled knot with his resistless sword. This only know we — We walk upon a world not kuowable Save in those things which knowledge least deserve....that I fling me, Trampling all questionings down. The many aspects of Alexander's character, beside that of its overmastering pride, his poetic mysticism,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero - 1896 - 598 páginas
...appeals to higher ideals, and at the worst he can cut the tangled knot with his resistless sword. ' This only know we — We walk upon a world not knowable Save iii those things which knowledge least deserve, Yet capable, not less, of task heroic. j\ly trust is... | |
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