Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime:: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings and Character of the AuthorJ. Watts: and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, 1739 - 187 pages |
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... thou Dog in Eye ! Timæus , as if he had found a Treasure , could not pass by this infipid Turn of Xeno- phon , without Imitation . Accordingly he speaks thus of Agathocles : " He ravifh'd his own Coufin , tho ' married to another Perfon ...
... thou Dog in Eye ! Timæus , as if he had found a Treasure , could not pass by this infipid Turn of Xeno- phon , without Imitation . Accordingly he speaks thus of Agathocles : " He ravifh'd his own Coufin , tho ' married to another Perfon ...
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... thou Fury , let me go , Torment'refs , Clofe you embrace , to plunge me beadlong down Into th ' Abyss of Tartarus- The Image had feiz'd his Fancy , because the mad Fit was upon him , and he was actu- ally raving . What then is the true ...
... thou Fury , let me go , Torment'refs , Clofe you embrace , to plunge me beadlong down Into th ' Abyss of Tartarus- The Image had feiz'd his Fancy , because the mad Fit was upon him , and he was actu- ally raving . What then is the true ...
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... thou- fand times . Hence it comes to pass that 3 an Imitation of thefe Tranfpofitions gives the most celebrated Writers the greatest Refem- blance of the inward Workings of Nature . For Art may then be termed perfect and con- fummate ...
... thou- fand times . Hence it comes to pass that 3 an Imitation of thefe Tranfpofitions gives the most celebrated Writers the greatest Refem- blance of the inward Workings of Nature . For Art may then be termed perfect and con- fummate ...
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... thou would't have thought , No Toil Fatigue , fo furiously they fought . * And fo Aratus , † put not thou to Sea in that fad Month ! And this Paffage of Herodotus : " You “ shall fail upwards from the City Elephanti- na , and at length ...
... thou would't have thought , No Toil Fatigue , fo furiously they fought . * And fo Aratus , † put not thou to Sea in that fad Month ! And this Paffage of Herodotus : " You “ shall fail upwards from the City Elephanti- na , and at length ...
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... Thou moft abandoned Creature ! " when excluded the liberty of speaking , not " who 1301 by Bars or Gates , for these indeed fome " other might have burst . " --- ' The Thought is here left imperfect and unfinished , and he al- * Orat ...
... Thou moft abandoned Creature ! " when excluded the liberty of speaking , not " who 1301 by Bars or Gates , for these indeed fome " other might have burst . " --- ' The Thought is here left imperfect and unfinished , and he al- * Orat ...
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