Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime |
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Page ii
... writer of so much spirit and judg- ment , had a just in to the protection of so ele- vated a genius , and so judicious an encourager of polite learning . Longinus is now going to appear in an English drama and begs the support of your ...
... writer of so much spirit and judg- ment , had a just in to the protection of so ele- vated a genius , and so judicious an encourager of polite learning . Longinus is now going to appear in an English drama and begs the support of your ...
Page vi
... writers , as well as from some of the finest of our own country , to illustrate the criticisms of Longinus . I am only fearful , lest , among the multiplicity of such as might be had , I may be thought to have omitted some of the best ...
... writers , as well as from some of the finest of our own country , to illustrate the criticisms of Longinus . I am only fearful , lest , among the multiplicity of such as might be had , I may be thought to have omitted some of the best ...
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... writers considered in a parallel view ... 87. - Of Similes and Comparisons 38. - Of Hyperboles .... 39. - Of Composition or Structure of Words .. : 40. - Of apt Connexion of the constituent parts of discourse .. 41. — That broken and ...
... writers considered in a parallel view ... 87. - Of Similes and Comparisons 38. - Of Hyperboles .... 39. - Of Composition or Structure of Words .. : 40. - Of apt Connexion of the constituent parts of discourse .. 41. — That broken and ...
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... Writer of a refined and polished taste , of a sound and penetrat- ing judgment , it will lead him to such me- thods of thinking , as are the innocent and embellishing amusements of life ; as a Philoso- pher of enlarged and generous ...
... Writer of a refined and polished taste , of a sound and penetrat- ing judgment , it will lead him to such me- thods of thinking , as are the innocent and embellishing amusements of life ; as a Philoso- pher of enlarged and generous ...
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... writer ever suffered in character from an erroneous censure of Longinus . He was , as I observed before , a perfect master of the style and pe- culiar turn of thought of them all , and could discern every beauty or blemish in every ...
... writer ever suffered in character from an erroneous censure of Longinus . He was , as I observed before , a perfect master of the style and pe- culiar turn of thought of them all , and could discern every beauty or blemish in every ...
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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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