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... Rome , and of Greece through Rome . Roman literature was for the most part an awk- ward copy of Greek originals : its early native develop- ment was crowded out of existence by the superior Hel- lenic culture . The rude mythology of ...
... Rome , and of Greece through Rome . Roman literature was for the most part an awk- ward copy of Greek originals : its early native develop- ment was crowded out of existence by the superior Hel- lenic culture . The rude mythology of ...
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... Rome . The French , for instance , cared very little for Homer un- til this century , as may be readily shown . In the revival of letters , the French naturally found the acquisition of Latin infinitely easier than that of Greek , * and ...
... Rome . The French , for instance , cared very little for Homer un- til this century , as may be readily shown . In the revival of letters , the French naturally found the acquisition of Latin infinitely easier than that of Greek , * and ...
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... Rome and France , shine with feeble glow in what is sometimes called the Augustan age of English letters . Greek literature was original ; and what is best in all literature is the most natural form of expression - a form that grows ...
... Rome and France , shine with feeble glow in what is sometimes called the Augustan age of English letters . Greek literature was original ; and what is best in all literature is the most natural form of expression - a form that grows ...
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... Rome , and everywhere , in Italy , in France , in England , we find the effort was made to remodel the vernacular after the classic languages . Boccaccio , Mr. Symonds tells us , " sought to give the fulness and sonority of Latin to the ...
... Rome , and everywhere , in Italy , in France , in England , we find the effort was made to remodel the vernacular after the classic languages . Boccaccio , Mr. Symonds tells us , " sought to give the fulness and sonority of Latin to the ...
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... Rome ; Dante , of the Middle Ages ; Chaucer , of awakening England ; Shakspere of England in a time of vigor and enthusiasm ; Milton , of Puritanism ; Goethe , of Germany ; and — it seems to me -- it is their quality as representatives ...
... Rome ; Dante , of the Middle Ages ; Chaucer , of awakening England ; Shakspere of England in a time of vigor and enthusiasm ; Milton , of Puritanism ; Goethe , of Germany ; and — it seems to me -- it is their quality as representatives ...
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