The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... Roman society in the days of Cicero , as it did French society in the time of Ménage , and English society in that of Chesterfield ; which arrived at its perfection in Talleyrand and Louis XVIII . , and still survives like other ...
... Roman society in the days of Cicero , as it did French society in the time of Ménage , and English society in that of Chesterfield ; which arrived at its perfection in Talleyrand and Louis XVIII . , and still survives like other ...
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... Roman Latin . No doubt , old days were recalled by the great George , old Bourdeaux days , when he and Muretus used to go over to Agen at the vintage time and stay with Joseph's father , the great Julius Cæsar Sca- liger . No doubt ...
... Roman Latin . No doubt , old days were recalled by the great George , old Bourdeaux days , when he and Muretus used to go over to Agen at the vintage time and stay with Joseph's father , the great Julius Cæsar Sca- liger . No doubt ...
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... Roman comedy seemed to be excellent , almost in propor- tion as it was avowedly borrowed or trans- lated from Menander . Plautus , with his genuine and original humour , when he leaned towards the Sicilian comedy of Epi- charmus , more ...
... Roman comedy seemed to be excellent , almost in propor- tion as it was avowedly borrowed or trans- lated from Menander . Plautus , with his genuine and original humour , when he leaned towards the Sicilian comedy of Epi- charmus , more ...
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... Roman phrase , the Sa- turnalian , rite . The Satiric comedy , pro- perly so called - one of these pieces was usually represented with the tragic Tri- logy - represented the comic side of the Grecian Pantheon , the gods and heroes in ...
... Roman phrase , the Sa- turnalian , rite . The Satiric comedy , pro- perly so called - one of these pieces was usually represented with the tragic Tri- logy - represented the comic side of the Grecian Pantheon , the gods and heroes in ...
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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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