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... speak English . The first translation of him I met with , was published by Mr. Welsted , in 1724. But I was very much surprised , upon a perusal , to find it only Boileau's translation misrepresented and mangled . For every beauty is ...
... speak English . The first translation of him I met with , was published by Mr. Welsted , in 1724. But I was very much surprised , upon a perusal , to find it only Boileau's translation misrepresented and mangled . For every beauty is ...
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... speak as we ought . And it is the inward vigour of the soul , though variously exerted , which forms the patriot , the philosopher , the orator , or the poet : this . was the rise of an Alexander , a Socrates , a Demosthenes , and a ...
... speak as we ought . And it is the inward vigour of the soul , though variously exerted , which forms the patriot , the philosopher , the orator , or the poet : this . was the rise of an Alexander , a Socrates , a Demosthenes , and a ...
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... 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 that ever lived , and turned ...
... 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 that ever lived , and turned ...
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... speak in public . " Those who write for the world , or speak in pur . " ; I take all this to be implied in the original word FIAMI DI But I request you , my dear friend , to ( 97497 ) 45 LONGINUS ON THE SUBLIME .
... speak in public . " Those who write for the world , or speak in pur . " ; I take all this to be implied in the original word FIAMI DI But I request you , my dear friend , to ( 97497 ) 45 LONGINUS ON THE SUBLIME .
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... speak- ing truth . " But since I write , my dear friend , to you , who are versed in every branch of polite learning , there will be little occasion to use many previous words in prov- ing , that the Sublime is a certain eminence or ...
... speak- ing truth . " But since I write , my dear friend , to you , who are versed in every branch of polite learning , there will be little occasion to use many previous words in prov- ing , that the Sublime is a certain eminence or ...
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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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