 And Latin — the voice of empire and of war, of law, and of the state ; inferior to its halfparent, and rival, in the embodying of passion, and in the distinguishing of thought, but equal to it in sustaining the measured march of history, and superior...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 3411830Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1831 - 632 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes. And Latin — the voice of empire and of war, of law, and of the state ; inferior to its halfparent, and rival,...with the mark of an imperial and despotizing republic ; public; rigid in its construction, parsimonious in its synonymes; reluctantly yielding to the flowery... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1831 - 620 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes. And Latin—the voice of empire and of war, of law, and of the state ; inferior to its halfparent, and rival,...indignant declamation of moral satire ; stamped with the mack of an imperial and despotizing republic ; public; rigid in its construction, parsimonious in its... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1831 - 620 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes. And Latin — the voice of empire and of war, of law, and of the state ; inferior to its halfparent, and rival,...indignant declamation of moral satire ; stamped with the mack of ati imperial and despotizing republic ; public; rigfid in its construction, parsimonious in... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1833 - 574 pages
...the Promethean touch of Demosthenes ! And Latin, — the voice of empire and of war, of law and of the state ; inferior to its half-parent and rival...satire ; stamped with the mark of an imperial and despotising republic ; rigid in its construction, parsimonious in its synonymes ; reluctantly yielding... | |
 | 1846 - 844 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes ! And Latin — the voice of empire and of war, of law and of the state ; inferior to its half-parent and rival...satire ; stamped with the mark of an imperial and depotizing republic ; rigid in its construction, parsimonious in its synonymes ; reluctantly yielding... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 548 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes! And Latin — the voice of empire and of war, of law and of the state ; inferior to its half-parent and rival...it in sustaining the measured march of history, and superbr to it in the indignant declamation of moral satire; stamped with the mark of an imperial and... | |
 | Alfred Barry - Philosophy - 1848 - 374 pages
...— of Law and of the State — inferior to its half parent and rival in the embodying of passion and the distinguishing of thought — but equal to it in sustaining the measured march oi history, and superior to it in the indignant declamation of moral satire — stamped with the mark... | |
 | 1835 - 592 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes ! And Latin— the voice of empire and of war, of law and of the state; inferior to its half-parent and rival in...embodying of passion and in the distinguishing of thought, bnt equal to it in sustaining the measured march of history, and superior to it in the indignnnt declamation... | |
 | Angus MACPHERSON - English language - 1854 - 46 pages
...And Latin, the voice of empire, and of war, of law, and of the state; inferior to its half parent, and rival in the embodying of passion, and in the distinguishing of thought, but equal to it in sus. taining the measured march of history, and superior to it i the indignant declamation of moral... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible as literature - 1859 - 448 pages
...under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes ! And Latin, the voice of empire and of war, of law and of the state ; inferior to its half-parent and rival...republic ; rigid in its construction, parsimonious in its synonyms ; reluctantly yielding to the flowery yoke of Horace, although opening glimpses of Greek-like... | |
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