The Works of Samuel Johnson,5: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6George Cowie and Company, 1825 - 715 pages |
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... Plautus ; from the only play of Plautus which was then in English . What can be more probable , than that he who copied that would have copied more ; but that those which were not translated were inaccessible ? Whether he knew the ...
... Plautus ; from the only play of Plautus which was then in English . What can be more probable , than that he who copied that would have copied more ; but that those which were not translated were inaccessible ? Whether he knew the ...
Page 525
... age comprises Pacuvius , Cecilius , Accius , and • Despreaux Art . Poet . chant . 8 . + The year of Rome 514 , the first year of the 135th Olympiad . Plautus , unless it shall be thought proper to reckon GREEK COMEDY . 525.
... age comprises Pacuvius , Cecilius , Accius , and • Despreaux Art . Poet . chant . 8 . + The year of Rome 514 , the first year of the 135th Olympiad . Plautus , unless it shall be thought proper to reckon GREEK COMEDY . 525.
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... Plautus and Terence , the only authours of whom we are in possession , give us a fuller notion of the real nature of their comedy , with re- * Prætexta , Togata , Tabernaria . + Suet . de Claris Grammat . says , that C. Gelissus ...
... Plautus and Terence , the only authours of whom we are in possession , give us a fuller notion of the real nature of their comedy , with re- * Prætexta , Togata , Tabernaria . + Suet . de Claris Grammat . says , that C. Gelissus ...
Page 529
... Plautus is ingenious in his designs , happy in his conceptions , and fruitful of invention . He has , however , according to Ho- race , some low jocularities , and those smart sayings , which made the vulgar laugh , made him be pitied ...
... Plautus is ingenious in his designs , happy in his conceptions , and fruitful of invention . He has , however , according to Ho- race , some low jocularities , and those smart sayings , which made the vulgar laugh , made him be pitied ...
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... Plautus , which Plautus did more naturally than Aristophanes ; and though Cæsar calls Terence but one half of Menander , because , though he had softness and delicacy , there was in him some want of sprightliness and strength ; yet he ...
... Plautus , which Plautus did more naturally than Aristophanes ; and though Cæsar calls Terence but one half of Menander , because , though he had softness and delicacy , there was in him some want of sprightliness and strength ; yet he ...
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