 ... acutely observes, that it "has been the subject of controversy, perhaps, more earnest than the case deserved. It has been disputed whether the tablet contained alphabetical characters or mere pictures. The former seems to be the simplest and easiest...  A History of Greece - Page 226by Connop Thirlwall - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Connop Thirlwall - Greece - 1845 - 1178 pages
...Proetus had trtutd many deadly lignt ; that is, as the sequel shows, had given instructions to bis friend secretly to destroy the bearer. We cannot here...hand, if the tablet contained only a picture, or a scries of imitative figures,* it would be evident that, where the • That it ii amher. awl not a miiture... | |
 | 1848 - 734 pages
...pictures. The former seems to be the simplest and easiest interpretation of the poet's words : but if admitted, it only proves, what could hardly be questioned...of the art as never to have heard of its existence. * * * And on the other hand, if the tablet contained only a picture or a series of imitative pictures,... | |
 | 1848 - 722 pages
...pictures. The former seems to be the simplest and easiest interpretation of the poet's words : but if admitted, it only proves, what could hardly be questioned...of the art as never to have heard of its existence. * * * And on the other hand, if the tablet contained only a picture or a scries of imitative pictures,... | |
 | 1848 - 1390 pages
...pictures. The former seems to be the simplest and easiest interpretation of the poet's words : but if admitted, it only proves, what could hardly be questioned...evidence, [?] that the poet was not so ignorant of the art ns never to have heard of its existence. * * * And on the other hand, if the tablet contained only... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 736 pages
...pictures. The former seems to be the simplest and easiest interpretation of the poet's words: but if admitted, it only proves, what could hardly be questioned...of the art as never to have heard of its existence. * * * And on the other hand, if the tablet contained only a picture or a series of imitative pictures,... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 744 pages
...pictures. The former seems to be the simplest and easiest interpretation of the poet's words : but if admitted , it only proves, what could hardly be questioned...of the art as never to have heard of its existence. * * * And on the other hand, if the tablet contained only a picture or a series of imitative pictures,... | |
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