Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... genius.3 These are the considerations which I submit to the unfavorable critic of such useful studies . Perhaps they may induce him to alter his opinion as to the vanity and idleness of our present investiga- tions . [ Ms. break . ] III ...
... genius.3 These are the considerations which I submit to the unfavorable critic of such useful studies . Perhaps they may induce him to alter his opinion as to the vanity and idleness of our present investiga- tions . [ Ms. break . ] III ...
Page 111
... genius has with a few rare exceptions almost entirely ceased . So universal is the dearth of eloquence which prevails throughout the world . Must we really , " he asked , " give credit to that oft - repeated assertion that democracy is ...
... genius has with a few rare exceptions almost entirely ceased . So universal is the dearth of eloquence which prevails throughout the world . Must we really , " he asked , " give credit to that oft - repeated assertion that democracy is ...
Page 187
... genius bending to the one , never attempted the other way . This so plain , that I need not instance to you that Aristophanes , Plautus , Terence , never any of them writ a tragedy ; Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles , and Seneca never ...
... genius bending to the one , never attempted the other way . This so plain , that I need not instance to you that Aristophanes , Plautus , Terence , never any of them writ a tragedy ; Aeschylus , Euripides , Sophocles , and Seneca never ...
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