The Quarterly Review, Volume 215John Murray, 1911 |
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... Epigrams from the Greek Anthology . By J. W. Mackail . London : Longmans , 1907 . 9. A Book of Greek Verse . By W. G. Headlam . Cam- bridge : University Press , 1907 . 10. Greek Love Songs and Epigrams . By J. A. Pott . London : Kegan ...
... Epigrams from the Greek Anthology . By J. W. Mackail . London : Longmans , 1907 . 9. A Book of Greek Verse . By W. G. Headlam . Cam- bridge : University Press , 1907 . 10. Greek Love Songs and Epigrams . By J. A. Pott . London : Kegan ...
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... epigram and the shorter lyric , made to whole centuries of change in taste and fashion among a people whose very quickness of wit tended to make it fickle in its allegiance to this or that particular form or style in poetry and prose ...
... epigram and the shorter lyric , made to whole centuries of change in taste and fashion among a people whose very quickness of wit tended to make it fickle in its allegiance to this or that particular form or style in poetry and prose ...
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... epigram or the short lyric . Prose has also been employed , and is used by Mr Mackail in his translation of a large selection from the Anthology . If any man could make the Anthology live in English prose , it is probably Mr Mackail ...
... epigram or the short lyric . Prose has also been employed , and is used by Mr Mackail in his translation of a large selection from the Anthology . If any man could make the Anthology live in English prose , it is probably Mr Mackail ...
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... epigram on those who fell at the Eurymedon : μνημεῖα θανόντων ἄψυχ ̓ εὐψύχων ἄδε κέκευθε κόνις . Various collections of English versions have been made in the past , of which the most complete are the ' Anthologia Polyglotta , ' which ...
... epigram on those who fell at the Eurymedon : μνημεῖα θανόντων ἄψυχ ̓ εὐψύχων ἄδε κέκευθε κόνις . Various collections of English versions have been made in the past , of which the most complete are the ' Anthologia Polyglotta , ' which ...
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... Epigrams . If by epigram be meant the incisive expression of a striking idea , then many of them cannot be called by the name . ' What is an epigram ? a dwarfish whole , Its being brevity and wit its soul . " ' There can be no question ...
... Epigrams . If by epigram be meant the incisive expression of a striking idea , then many of them cannot be called by the name . ' What is an epigram ? a dwarfish whole , Its being brevity and wit its soul . " ' There can be no question ...
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