Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the AuthorB. Dod, 1752 - 180 psl. |
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... noble edifices and how fine a city once crown'd the place . Tyrants and barbarians are not lefs pernicious to learn- ing and improvement , than to cities and na- tions . Bare names are preserved and handed down to us , but little more ...
... noble edifices and how fine a city once crown'd the place . Tyrants and barbarians are not lefs pernicious to learn- ing and improvement , than to cities and na- tions . Bare names are preserved and handed down to us , but little more ...
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... noble ends , to ftruggle for , and at last to die in the cause of liberty . Pollio . During the refidence of Longinus at Athens , Trebellius the Valerian had undertaken an emperor expedition against the Perfians , who had revolted from ...
... noble ends , to ftruggle for , and at last to die in the cause of liberty . Pollio . During the refidence of Longinus at Athens , Trebellius the Valerian had undertaken an emperor expedition against the Perfians , who had revolted from ...
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... noble fchool for Critics , Poets , Orators , and Hiftorians , " The Sublime , fays Longinus , is an image " reflected from the inward greatness of the " foul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deferving than he of its ...
... noble fchool for Critics , Poets , Orators , and Hiftorians , " The Sublime , fays Longinus , is an image " reflected from the inward greatness of the " foul . " The remark is refined and just ; and who more deferving than he of its ...
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... noble and lofty , so his Stile is mafterly , enlivened by variety , and flexible with ease . There is no beauty pointed out by him in any other , which he does not imitate , and frequently excel , whilft he is making Remarks upon it ...
... noble and lofty , so his Stile is mafterly , enlivened by variety , and flexible with ease . There is no beauty pointed out by him in any other , which he does not imitate , and frequently excel , whilft he is making Remarks upon it ...
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... noble ideas of human nature . This Life he confiders as a public theatre , on which men are to act their parts . A thirft after glory , and an emulation of whatever is great and excellent , is implanted in their minds , to quicken their ...
... noble ideas of human nature . This Life he confiders as a public theatre , on which men are to act their parts . A thirft after glory , and an emulation of whatever is great and excellent , is implanted in their minds , to quicken their ...
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