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... Livy ; and they are offered as a Supplement to the celebrated editions of Cre- vier and Drakenborch , which he censures freely , and on some occasions with deserved asperity . If , however , we have no very high opinion of the taste of ...
... Livy ; and they are offered as a Supplement to the celebrated editions of Cre- vier and Drakenborch , which he censures freely , and on some occasions with deserved asperity . If , however , we have no very high opinion of the taste of ...
Page 236
... Livy , but pertains to Tacitus , and perhaps to him alone . Livy is the more skilful painter of human nature in its interesting and pathetic attitudes , but he does not penetrate into the inmost recesses of the soul ; though we do not ...
... Livy , but pertains to Tacitus , and perhaps to him alone . Livy is the more skilful painter of human nature in its interesting and pathetic attitudes , but he does not penetrate into the inmost recesses of the soul ; though we do not ...
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... Livy has passed unnoticed , would have been delineated by the minute though rapid pencil of Tacitus . By him , the myste- rious problem which has escaped the attention of Livy would in all probability have been solved ; viz . the ...
... Livy has passed unnoticed , would have been delineated by the minute though rapid pencil of Tacitus . By him , the myste- rious problem which has escaped the attention of Livy would in all probability have been solved ; viz . the ...
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