The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism, Character and Incident, 6. köideJulian Hawthorne Hamilton Book Company, 1902 |
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... Nature and Wants The Degenerate Romans . The Fall of Sejanus SUETONIUS ... The Emperor Titus The Emperor Caligula QUINTILIAN His Lament for his Son Humor in Oratory APULEIUS · · · · The Tricks of the Wonderful Ass . Cupid and Psyche ...
... Nature and Wants The Degenerate Romans . The Fall of Sejanus SUETONIUS ... The Emperor Titus The Emperor Caligula QUINTILIAN His Lament for his Son Humor in Oratory APULEIUS · · · · The Tricks of the Wonderful Ass . Cupid and Psyche ...
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... nature , and aimed at influenc- ing the audience by brilliant passages and oratorical devices , rather than by deliberate argument ; that of Antiphon , on the other hand , was based upon conviction produced by sound argument resulting ...
... nature , and aimed at influenc- ing the audience by brilliant passages and oratorical devices , rather than by deliberate argument ; that of Antiphon , on the other hand , was based upon conviction produced by sound argument resulting ...
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... natural nervousness and weakness of voice . After a brief experience he gave up speech - making and devoted himself to the teach- ing of oratory . At the age of forty - four he opened that school at Athens of which Cicero said that " in ...
... natural nervousness and weakness of voice . After a brief experience he gave up speech - making and devoted himself to the teach- ing of oratory . At the age of forty - four he opened that school at Athens of which Cicero said that " in ...
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... nature , as our ancestors , who commenced war against the Barbarians and benefited the Grecians , that they would not even remain quiet ; but having a city belonging to others , and not only a sufficient territory , but larger than any ...
... nature , as our ancestors , who commenced war against the Barbarians and benefited the Grecians , that they would not even remain quiet ; but having a city belonging to others , and not only a sufficient territory , but larger than any ...
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... natural affection which should engage his heart to those who are most intimate and near to him , can never feel a greater regard for your welfare than for that of strangers . He who acts wickedly in private life cannot prove excellent ...
... natural affection which should engage his heart to those who are most intimate and near to him , can never feel a greater regard for your welfare than for that of strangers . He who acts wickedly in private life cannot prove excellent ...
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Page 318 - Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge ! revenge...
Page 314 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
Page 289 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 284 - Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Page 364 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 315 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Page 316 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 362 - And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie! " Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine...
Page 332 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Page 316 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung: Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...