The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... Roman youth learned what reading alone could never have taught him . His first step from home was to the house of the statesman or orator by whom he was gene- rally initiated into the duties of life , and in whom he was to see the ...
... Roman youth learned what reading alone could never have taught him . His first step from home was to the house of the statesman or orator by whom he was gene- rally initiated into the duties of life , and in whom he was to see the ...
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... Roman audience re- there is an Attic play , in which , even in quired a more keen excitement of their cu- the ... Roman comic writers took great liberties . We can- not tell whether this might not mar the fine artistic development , and ...
... Roman audience re- there is an Attic play , in which , even in quired a more keen excitement of their cu- the ... Roman comic writers took great liberties . We can- not tell whether this might not mar the fine artistic development , and ...
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... Roman clay - from Menander , will be more intelligible , and convey more distinct knowledge , than all the breathing passages in the pages of Meinecke . We do not for- get the chapter in Aulus Gellius , in which , having read , with his ...
... Roman clay - from Menander , will be more intelligible , and convey more distinct knowledge , than all the breathing passages in the pages of Meinecke . We do not for- get the chapter in Aulus Gellius , in which , having read , with his ...
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... Roman prætor , the effect , if more comical , is altogether untrue . As in Me- nander , Athenian life lives , speaks , acts , puts on its broader extravagances and follies , its lighter and more subtle shades and tints ; so in Horace , ...
... Roman prætor , the effect , if more comical , is altogether untrue . As in Me- nander , Athenian life lives , speaks , acts , puts on its broader extravagances and follies , its lighter and more subtle shades and tints ; so in Horace , ...
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... Roman poetry we should pray all - devouring Time to surrender back ? About Varius our curiosity is certainly keen , but how little of the rest of the whole range of Roman verse might not Oblivion take in exchange ! We may fairly imagine ...
... Roman poetry we should pray all - devouring Time to surrender back ? About Varius our curiosity is certainly keen , but how little of the rest of the whole range of Roman verse might not Oblivion take in exchange ! We may fairly imagine ...
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