A History of Roman Classical LiteratureR. Bentley, 1853 - 591 strán (strany) |
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Strana 61
... - quent hexameter . The truth is , the taste which was formed by 1 The term axamenta is derived from the old Latin word axo , to name . 2 Lib . i . 26 . 3 Pro Rab . 4 , 13 . the study of Greek letters created a prejudice against the.
... - quent hexameter . The truth is , the taste which was formed by 1 The term axamenta is derived from the old Latin word axo , to name . 2 Lib . i . 26 . 3 Pro Rab . 4 , 13 . the study of Greek letters created a prejudice against the.
Strana 70
... truth and accuracy ; its very facts were often frivolous and unimportant , neither rendered interesting as narratives , nor illustrated by reflections . These original documents were elements of litera- ture rather than deserving the ...
... truth and accuracy ; its very facts were often frivolous and unimportant , neither rendered interesting as narratives , nor illustrated by reflections . These original documents were elements of litera- ture rather than deserving the ...
Strana 86
... truth refuses to believe the legend ) the poet repre- sents as sacrificing home and wife and children to a sense of honour , and as submitting to a torturing death for the sake of his country . Probably many other heart - stirring ...
... truth refuses to believe the legend ) the poet repre- sents as sacrificing home and wife and children to a sense of honour , and as submitting to a torturing death for the sake of his country . Probably many other heart - stirring ...
Strana 95
... truths which the course of history forced upon his acceptance with the interest of fiction . His subject could have no unity , no hero upon whose fortunes 1 Cic . Brut . 76 . the principal interest should be concentrated , and around whom.
... truths which the course of history forced upon his acceptance with the interest of fiction . His subject could have no unity , no hero upon whose fortunes 1 Cic . Brut . 76 . the principal interest should be concentrated , and around whom.
Strana 96
... truth , and yet to move the feelings and delight the fancy by the embellishments of fiction . The poetical merit in which he must necessarily have been deficient was the conduct of the plot ; but the fragments of his poem are not ...
... truth , and yet to move the feelings and delight the fancy by the embellishments of fiction . The poetical merit in which he must necessarily have been deficient was the conduct of the plot ; but the fragments of his poem are not ...
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Strana 249 - Te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, Irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras.