Sketches of a History of Literature |
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Of Oriental Literature | 1 |
PART II | 13 |
Of the Grecian OrctorsDemofthenes charaerifed | 19 |
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againſt almoſt alſo Anacreon ancient beauty befides beſt cauſe character Cicero compofed compofition concife deſcribed deſcription diſtinguiſhed eaſe elegant eloquence eminent Engliſh Epicurus eſpecially excellent expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire feems fentiment ferious feveral fimple fimplicity fince firſt flouriſhed folemn fome fometimes ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius greateſt harmony Herodotus hiftorian higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer Horace humour imitated inftance intereſting itſelf juſt kind laft language laſt learning leaſt lefs leſs likewife literature lively Livy Lucretius manner merit moft moral moſt muſt natural obfcure obferved occafions paffions pathetic pathos peculiar philofopher pieces Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry poffefs praiſe prefent publiſhed racter reaſon remarkable reſpect Roman ſeems ſenſe ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhow ſome Sophocles ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtrains ſtriking ſtrong ſtudied ſtyle ſuch Tacitus taſte tender thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thucydides tranflated uſeful vaſt verfe Virgil whoſe writers Xenophon