A Turkish sultan, relates Burke, when shown a picture of the beheaded John the Baptist, praised many things, but pointed out one gruesome defect. Did this observation show the sultan to be an inferior judge of art? (Volume 24, Harvard Classics)
Edmund Burke born Jan. 12, 1729.
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Introductory Note: Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man (Epistle IV), by Alexander Pope
Introductory Note: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnets, by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Epictetus
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, by Epictetus
Introductory Note: Hans Christian Andersen
Little Ida’s Flowers, by Hans Christian Andersen
Introductory Note: Socrates and Plato
The Apology of Socrates, by Plato
Introductory Note: Ernest Renan
The Poetry of the Celtic Races (Ch. II), by Ernest Renan
Introductory Note: Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Inferno XXV-XXVII), by Dante Alighieri
Introductory Note: Edward Jenner
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Introductory Note: Robert Burns
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