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Side 80
... and literature . More is to be learned from him of the private life and manners of the Romans than from any other writer . The letters of Pliny are , how- ever , more laboured than those even of Cicero ; 80 EPISTOLARY WRITING .
... and literature . More is to be learned from him of the private life and manners of the Romans than from any other writer . The letters of Pliny are , how- ever , more laboured than those even of Cicero ; 80 EPISTOLARY WRITING .
Side 81
... learned and the great all corresponded with each other , letters upon interesting sub- jects were certain to be preserved by others , if not by the authors themselves . Thus Seneca's epistles are to be regarded as a collection of essays ...
... learned and the great all corresponded with each other , letters upon interesting sub- jects were certain to be preserved by others , if not by the authors themselves . Thus Seneca's epistles are to be regarded as a collection of essays ...
Side 90
... to us the nature of the style which is appropriated to it , and indeed all its peculiar qualities . It was before men had learned to reason , that they ap- 1 plied themselves to poetry . There was there- fore nothing 90 DESCRIPTION AND.
... to us the nature of the style which is appropriated to it , and indeed all its peculiar qualities . It was before men had learned to reason , that they ap- 1 plied themselves to poetry . There was there- fore nothing 90 DESCRIPTION AND.
Side 92
... quantities of syllables , to give rules to know a dactyl , a spondee , an iambic , & c . These you have already learned in your prosody . But there is one distinction between the antient and modern languages , which 92 DESCRIPTION AND -
... quantities of syllables , to give rules to know a dactyl , a spondee , an iambic , & c . These you have already learned in your prosody . But there is one distinction between the antient and modern languages , which 92 DESCRIPTION AND -
Side 111
... learned criticisms of Martinus Scriblerus . The LANGUAGE or dialect of poetry is essen- tially different from that of prose . This every person who reads it feels and acknowledges , though few are able to assign the reasons . They ...
... learned criticisms of Martinus Scriblerus . The LANGUAGE or dialect of poetry is essen- tially different from that of prose . This every person who reads it feels and acknowledges , though few are able to assign the reasons . They ...
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