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Page viii
... seems to have imitated the manner of Donatus ; and in many places to have copied from him . He cannot be considered of much value . BENTLEY'S Editions ( 1726 , 1727 ) were an era in Terentian criticism . The real value of his labours ...
... seems to have imitated the manner of Donatus ; and in many places to have copied from him . He cannot be considered of much value . BENTLEY'S Editions ( 1726 , 1727 ) were an era in Terentian criticism . The real value of his labours ...
Page xiii
... seems most probable that the Terentius here referred to was one Terentius Culeo , a noble Roman , of senatorian rank ... seem to go against the common story of his extreme poverty . We can hardly suppose that his literary success was so ...
... seems most probable that the Terentius here referred to was one Terentius Culeo , a noble Roman , of senatorian rank ... seem to go against the common story of his extreme poverty . We can hardly suppose that his literary success was so ...
Page xiv
... seems certainly to have been the earliest , and the Adelphi ' the latest ; nor have we any intimation of any other plays but those which we possess . The perfect state of all the plays of Terence - a question which is quite distinct ...
... seems certainly to have been the earliest , and the Adelphi ' the latest ; nor have we any intimation of any other plays but those which we possess . The perfect state of all the plays of Terence - a question which is quite distinct ...
Page xv
... seems to assume that the hostility existing between them was already notorious . Again in the first Prologue to the ' Hecyra ' ( v . 8 ) , the writer says : " Alias cognostis ejus : quaeso hanc nunc noscite . " C ་ Now the Hecyra ' was ...
... seems to assume that the hostility existing between them was already notorious . Again in the first Prologue to the ' Hecyra ' ( v . 8 ) , the writer says : " Alias cognostis ejus : quaeso hanc nunc noscite . " C ་ Now the Hecyra ' was ...
Page xvii
... seems to have been divided into two literary factions ; those who were for importing the elegant culture of Greece , and transplanting its literature into the harder soil of Italy ; and those who held fast to the old ways , who loved ...
... seems to have been divided into two literary factions ; those who were for importing the elegant culture of Greece , and transplanting its literature into the harder soil of Italy ; and those who held fast to the old ways , who loved ...
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Page 76 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 352 - For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid ; Or, if they be but false alarms of fear, How bitter is such self-delusion...
Page 352 - Peace, brother: be not over-exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils; For, grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?
Page 254 - Mea sic est ratio et sic animum induco meum: Malo coactus qui suum officium facit, Dum is rescitum iri credit, tantisper cavet; Si sperat fore clam, rursum ad ingenium redit.
Page 424 - other friends remain,' That 'loss is common to the race' — And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more. Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.
Page 174 - I was born of woman, and drew milk As sweet as charity from human breasts. I think, articulate, I laugh and weep, And exercise all functions of a man. How then should I and any man that lives Be strangers to each other?