Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 2Phillips, 1808 |
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Side 20
... Greeks and Romans excelled in histori- cal writing as much as in any department of literature . The reason is obvious - Oratory is nearly allied to history , and no people ever cultivated oratory with more indefatigable at- tention ...
... Greeks and Romans excelled in histori- cal writing as much as in any department of literature . The reason is obvious - Oratory is nearly allied to history , and no people ever cultivated oratory with more indefatigable at- tention ...
Side 21
... Greek historians I need scarcely tell you that the most celebrated are Herodotus , Thucidydes , and Xenophon . I cannot better introduce the first of these to your notice than in the beautiful language of Mr. Hayley , whose Essay on ...
... Greek historians I need scarcely tell you that the most celebrated are Herodotus , Thucidydes , and Xenophon . I cannot better introduce the first of these to your notice than in the beautiful language of Mr. Hayley , whose Essay on ...
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... unfolding the internal policy of * When a boy he wept for emulation at hearing one of the books of Herodotus recited with applause at the Olympic games . VOL . II . the Greeks , and the operations of a long and THUCIDYDES . 25.
... unfolding the internal policy of * When a boy he wept for emulation at hearing one of the books of Herodotus recited with applause at the Olympic games . VOL . II . the Greeks , and the operations of a long and THUCIDYDES . 25.
Side 26
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. the Greeks , and the operations of a long and stubborn contest . ' " " It is not easy to determine in which class to place the elegant and accomplished Xenophon . If we regard his continuation of ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. the Greeks , and the operations of a long and stubborn contest . ' " " It is not easy to determine in which class to place the elegant and accomplished Xenophon . If we regard his continuation of ...
Side 27
... Greek lan- guage . On looking into Mr. Hayley I am surprised to find how much my opinion has been anticipated by this judicious writer- 1 " O rich in all the blended gifts that grace “ Minerva's darling sons of Attic race ! " Thy simple ...
... Greek lan- guage . On looking into Mr. Hayley I am surprised to find how much my opinion has been anticipated by this judicious writer- 1 " O rich in all the blended gifts that grace “ Minerva's darling sons of Attic race ! " Thy simple ...
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