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  • In continental Greece 1, on the other hand, but especially in Boeotia, a new form of epic sprang up, which for the romance and PATHOS of the Ionian School substituted the practical and matter-of-fact.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • But PATHOS is a part of our everyday life - we all sound quite pathetic in our crucial moments.

    Alas, Babylon Abigail Nussbaum 2005

  • But I hate it for the only real cause - because it's filled with PATHOS.

    Alas, Babylon Abigail Nussbaum 2005

  • She had gone straight to the heart of his mystery: his strangeness was the strange PATHOS that invested him; the "singularity" of "that other monsieur" was solved for me at last.

    The Guest of Quesnay Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Hollywood Reporter, which details CHAOS! and PATHOS! at a GE shareholder meeting.

    Comments from Left Field 2009

  • [1101], on the other hand, but especially in Boeotia, a new form of epic sprang up, which for the romance and PATHOS of the Ionian School substituted the practical and matter-of-fact.

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED WRITER OF HIS CENTURY -- TENDER PATHOS

    Modern English Books of Power George Hamlin Fitch 1888

  • RICH IN CHARACTER SKETCHES, WITH MUCH PATHOS AND HUMOR.

    Modern English Books of Power George Hamlin Fitch 1888

  • PRESIDENT LINCOLN -- LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL -- GRANDEUR AND PATHOS OF HIS

    The Great Conspiracy, Complete John Alexander Logan 1856

  • PRESIDENT LINCOLN -- LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL -- GRANDEUR AND PATHOS OF HIS

    The Great Conspiracy, Volume 1 John Alexander Logan 1856

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