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... appear in an English drama and begs the support of your LORDSHIP'S nam He has undergone no farther alteration , than wuza absolutely necessary to make him English . Ha sense is faithfully repre- sented ; but whether is translation has ...
... appear in an English drama and begs the support of your LORDSHIP'S nam He has undergone no farther alteration , than wuza absolutely necessary to make him English . Ha sense is faithfully repre- sented ; but whether is translation has ...
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... appear on the public stage of life with dignity and honour . And it was the fortune of Longinus to be drawn from the contemplative shades of Athens , to mix in more active scenes , to train up young princes to virtue and glory , to ...
... appear on the public stage of life with dignity and honour . And it was the fortune of Longinus to be drawn from the contemplative shades of Athens , to mix in more active scenes , to train up young princes to virtue and glory , to ...
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... appear more abundantly stocked with sub- lime and pathetic thoughts , with strong and beautiful figures , with ... appears not in him the least show or affectation of learning , though · his stock was wonderfully large , yet without any ...
... appear more abundantly stocked with sub- lime and pathetic thoughts , with strong and beautiful figures , with ... appears not in him the least show or affectation of learning , though · his stock was wonderfully large , yet without any ...
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... appears but once in an age ; and what a tedious interval is there between Longinus and Mr. Addison ! Το Having traced our Author thus far as a cri- tic , we must view him now in another light , I mean as a Philosopher . In him these are ...
... appears but once in an age ; and what a tedious interval is there between Longinus and Mr. Addison ! Το Having traced our Author thus far as a cri- tic , we must view him now in another light , I mean as a Philosopher . In him these are ...
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... appear , if we compare Cicero speak- ing to Catiline , to the same Cicero pleading before Cæsar for Marcellus . That spirit of adulation , which prevailed so much in Eng- land about a century ago , lowered one of the greatest geniuses ...
... appear , if we compare Cicero speak- ing to Catiline , to the same Cicero pleading before Cæsar for Marcellus . That spirit of adulation , which prevailed so much in Eng- land about a century ago , lowered one of the greatest geniuses ...
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Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and ... No preview available - 2020 |
Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and ... Longinus No preview available - 2018 |
Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and ... Longinus No preview available - 2018 |
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