The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... LATIN AND GREEK POETS . -Quoniam hæc ratio plerumque videtur Tristior esse , quibus non est tractata , retroque Volgus abhorret ab hac volui tibi suaviloquenti Carmine Pierio rationem exponere nostram , Et quasi museo dulci contingere ...
... LATIN AND GREEK POETS . -Quoniam hæc ratio plerumque videtur Tristior esse , quibus non est tractata , retroque Volgus abhorret ab hac volui tibi suaviloquenti Carmine Pierio rationem exponere nostram , Et quasi museo dulci contingere ...
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... Latin sentence without fearing the imputation of pedantry or ill - breeding . They were one evening taking a walk together in the fields , when their discourse accidentally fell upon several unprofitable parts of learning . It was ...
... Latin sentence without fearing the imputation of pedantry or ill - breeding . They were one evening taking a walk together in the fields , when their discourse accidentally fell upon several unprofitable parts of learning . It was ...
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... Latin poets . He never thinks of the beauty of the thought or lan- guage , but is for searching into what he calls the erudition of the author . He will turn you over all Virgil to find out the figure of an old rostrum , and has the ...
... Latin poets . He never thinks of the beauty of the thought or lan- guage , but is for searching into what he calls the erudition of the author . He will turn you over all Virgil to find out the figure of an old rostrum , and has the ...
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... Rome , I took occasion to buy up many imperial medals that have any affinity with passages of the ancient poets . So that I have by me a sort of poetical cash , which I fancy I could count over to you in Latin and DIALOGUES ON MEDALS . 31.
... Rome , I took occasion to buy up many imperial medals that have any affinity with passages of the ancient poets . So that I have by me a sort of poetical cash , which I fancy I could count over to you in Latin and DIALOGUES ON MEDALS . 31.
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... Latin and Greek writers are in dialogue , as many very va- luable pieces of French , Italian , and English , appear in the same dress . I have , sometimes , however , been very much distasted at this way of writing , by reason of the ...
... Latin and Greek writers are in dialogue , as many very va- luable pieces of French , Italian , and English , appear in the same dress . I have , sometimes , however , been very much distasted at this way of writing , by reason of the ...
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