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... audience ; and that audience therefore an audience of his countrymen . Hence of all forms of literature oratory is the most narrowly national , and hence of all forms the hardest to criticize . It so happens that we are by temperament ...
... audience ; and that audience therefore an audience of his countrymen . Hence of all forms of literature oratory is the most narrowly national , and hence of all forms the hardest to criticize . It so happens that we are by temperament ...
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... audience , and keep them under the spell . The metre must , therefore , have a pronounced rhythm , and must never be in danger of sounding like prose . It must also possess certain other qualities . It must be powerful in movement ...
... audience , and keep them under the spell . The metre must , therefore , have a pronounced rhythm , and must never be in danger of sounding like prose . It must also possess certain other qualities . It must be powerful in movement ...
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... audience have seen death so come . If Hector takes a spear in hand it will be feeble merely to call it long ; call it évdekáπηxv ( eleven cubits ) and it will convey something to the audience , like the weight of a tennis racket , or ...
... audience have seen death so come . If Hector takes a spear in hand it will be feeble merely to call it long ; call it évdekáπηxv ( eleven cubits ) and it will convey something to the audience , like the weight of a tennis racket , or ...
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