Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime:: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings and Character of the Author |
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... Inftance of this in his Vindication of Theopompus from the Cenfure of Cecilius * . He cannot endure to fee . what is right in that Author perverted into Error ; nor where he really errs , will he fuffer him to pass un- reproved . Yet ...
... Inftance of this in his Vindication of Theopompus from the Cenfure of Cecilius * . He cannot endure to fee . what is right in that Author perverted into Error ; nor where he really errs , will he fuffer him to pass un- reproved . Yet ...
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... Inftance of his Judgment . He is drawing up a list of the greatest Orators , and at the close he fays , " And further , Paul * Prefixed to Hudfon's Longinus . of L " of Tarfus , the chief Supporter of an LONGINUS . XXIII.
... Inftance of his Judgment . He is drawing up a list of the greatest Orators , and at the close he fays , " And further , Paul * Prefixed to Hudfon's Longinus . of L " of Tarfus , the chief Supporter of an LONGINUS . XXIII.
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... inftance , calls a Perfon , Drunkard ! thou Dog in Eye ! Timæus , as if he had found a Treasure , could not pass by this infipid Turn of Xeno- phon , without Imitation . Accordingly he speaks thus of Agathocles : " He ravifh'd his own ...
... inftance , calls a Perfon , Drunkard ! thou Dog in Eye ! Timæus , as if he had found a Treasure , could not pass by this infipid Turn of Xeno- phon , without Imitation . Accordingly he speaks thus of Agathocles : " He ravifh'd his own ...
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... inftance ; " Af- " ter they are written , they depofit in the Temples these Cypress Memorials † " . And in another Paffage ; " As to the Walls , Megil- « lus , I join in the Opinion of Sparta , to let " them fleep fupine on the Earth ...
... inftance ; " Af- " ter they are written , they depofit in the Temples these Cypress Memorials † " . And in another Paffage ; " As to the Walls , Megil- « lus , I join in the Opinion of Sparta , to let " them fleep fupine on the Earth ...
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... Inftance of this , who having obferv'd the Anxieties and Tortures infepara- ble to jealous Lové , has collected and display- ed them all with the moft lively Exactness . But in what Particular has fhe fhewn her Ex- cellence ? In ...
... Inftance of this , who having obferv'd the Anxieties and Tortures infepara- ble to jealous Lové , has collected and display- ed them all with the moft lively Exactness . But in what Particular has fhe fhewn her Ex- cellence ? In ...
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