Select Essays of Dio ChrysostomR. Phillips, 1800 - 256 psl. |
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... poets , whose wisdom entitles them to a share in your regards ? Because , said Alexander , every kind of poetry , father ! seems to me no more suitable to a king , than every kind of dress . Other poetry , methinks ! is either convivial ...
... poets , whose wisdom entitles them to a share in your regards ? Because , said Alexander , every kind of poetry , father ! seems to me no more suitable to a king , than every kind of dress . Other poetry , methinks ! is either convivial ...
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... poets of inferior dignity and worth ? Not merely so , said he ; but I assure you , fa- ther ! that I not only dislike every other poet , but hear every measure , except the heroic num- bers of Homer , with impatience and disgust . These ...
... poets of inferior dignity and worth ? Not merely so , said he ; but I assure you , fa- ther ! that I not only dislike every other poet , but hear every measure , except the heroic num- bers of Homer , with impatience and disgust . These ...
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... poetic artist ? Because , said he , at the Olympic games also , I should like to hear the herald make procla- mation with a voice distinct and loud ; not , however , of others ' victories , but of my own . By which remark he manifested ...
... poetic artist ? Because , said he , at the Olympic games also , I should like to hear the herald make procla- mation with a voice distinct and loud ; not , however , of others ' victories , but of my own . By which remark he manifested ...
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... poem ( q ) , Words flow'd , than honey sweeter , from his tongue : so that even Agamemnon prayed for ten such counsellors as Nestor , in preference to ten youthful heroes like Ajax and Achilles ; as the means of a speedier termination ...
... poem ( q ) , Words flow'd , than honey sweeter , from his tongue : so that even Agamemnon prayed for ten such counsellors as Nestor , in preference to ten youthful heroes like Ajax and Achilles ; as the means of a speedier termination ...
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... poems , father ! or compositions in prose , as you write epistles , with extraordinary credit to yourself , I am told , is a talent not altogether requisite for kings , except perhaps those who have youth and lei- sure : as , they say ...
... poems , father ! or compositions in prose , as you write epistles , with extraordinary credit to yourself , I am told , is a talent not altogether requisite for kings , except perhaps those who have youth and lei- sure : as , they say ...
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