An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... Quintilian thought very differently on this subject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to consider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis est in scholis affectatio , ut ipse tranfitus efficiat aliquam ...
... Quintilian thought very differently on this subject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to consider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis est in scholis affectatio , ut ipse tranfitus efficiat aliquam ...
Page 85
... Quintilian , quĉ nimium corri- pientes omnia sequitur , obfcuritas : fatiusque est aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deesse , Nam cum supervacua cum tĉdio dicuntur , necessaria cum periculo fubtrahuntur . " Institut . Orat . Lib . iv ...
... Quintilian , quĉ nimium corri- pientes omnia sequitur , obfcuritas : fatiusque est aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deesse , Nam cum supervacua cum tĉdio dicuntur , necessaria cum periculo fubtrahuntur . " Institut . Orat . Lib . iv ...
Page 106
... Quintilian says of another , densus et brevis et instans fibi . There is not an useless word in this passage ; there are but three epithets , wondering , profound , aerial ; and they are placed precisely with the very substantive that ...
... Quintilian says of another , densus et brevis et instans fibi . There is not an useless word in this passage ; there are but three epithets , wondering , profound , aerial ; and they are placed precisely with the very substantive that ...
Page 150
... Quintilian , lib . 10. cap . 1. Had Voltaire ever read Quintilian ? or rather , had he ever read Homer - in the original ? If Boileau , said the Prince of Conti , does not write against Perrault , I will go myself to the Academy , and I ...
... Quintilian , lib . 10. cap . 1. Had Voltaire ever read Quintilian ? or rather , had he ever read Homer - in the original ? If Boileau , said the Prince of Conti , does not write against Perrault , I will go myself to the Academy , and I ...
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... QUINTILIAN , lib . viii . cap . 3. And ice also a paf- sage of exquifite taste in DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS . Pag . 122 and 123. Oxon . 1676 . + . Has not the learned commentator , in his note on this passage , given an illustration rather ...
... QUINTILIAN , lib . viii . cap . 3. And ice also a paf- sage of exquifite taste in DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS . Pag . 122 and 123. Oxon . 1676 . + . Has not the learned commentator , in his note on this passage , given an illustration rather ...
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