An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Quintilian thought very differently on this fubject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe tranfitus efficiat aliquam ...
... Quintilian thought very differently on this fubject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe tranfitus efficiat aliquam ...
Page 85
... Quintilian , quæ nimium corri- pientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe . Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur , neceffaria cum periculo fubtrahuntur . " Inftitut . Orat . Lib . iv ...
... Quintilian , quæ nimium corri- pientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe . Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur , neceffaria cum periculo fubtrahuntur . " Inftitut . Orat . Lib . iv ...
Page 106
... Quintilian fays of another , denfus et brevis . et inftans fibi . There is not an ufelefs word in this paffage ; there are but three epithets , wondering , profound , aerial ; and they are placed precifely with the very fubftantive that ...
... Quintilian fays of another , denfus et brevis . et inftans fibi . There is not an ufelefs word in this paffage ; there are but three epithets , wondering , profound , aerial ; and they are placed precifely with the very fubftantive that ...
Page 150
... Quintilian , lib . 1o . cap . 1. Had Voltaire ever read Quintilian ? or rather , had he ever read Homer — in the original ? If Boileau , faid the Prince of Conti , does not write against Perrault , I will go myself to the Academy , and ...
... Quintilian , lib . 1o . cap . 1. Had Voltaire ever read Quintilian ? or rather , had he ever read Homer — in the original ? If Boileau , faid the Prince of Conti , does not write against Perrault , I will go myself to the Academy , and ...
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... QUINTILIAN , lib . viii . cap . 3. And fee also a paf- fage of exquifite tafte in DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS . Pag . 122 and 123. Oxon . 1676 . + Has not the learned commentator , in his note on this paffage , given an illuftration rather hard ...
... QUINTILIAN , lib . viii . cap . 3. And fee also a paf- fage of exquifite tafte in DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS . Pag . 122 and 123. Oxon . 1676 . + Has not the learned commentator , in his note on this paffage , given an illuftration rather hard ...
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