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... In this country there has been no attempt towards a general History of Fiction . Dr. Percy , Warton , and others , have written , as is well known , with much learning and ingenuity , on that branch of the subject which INTRODUCTION . 7.
... In this country there has been no attempt towards a general History of Fiction . Dr. Percy , Warton , and others , have written , as is well known , with much learning and ingenuity , on that branch of the subject which INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... known of them , except that they were not of a very moral tendency , and were principally written by a person of the name of Aristides , whose tales were translated into Latin by Sisenna , the Roman historian , about the time of the ...
... known of them , except that they were not of a very moral tendency , and were principally written by a person of the name of Aristides , whose tales were translated into Latin by Sisenna , the Roman historian , about the time of the ...
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... known to us otherwise only by meagre fragments , and upon their recital in both prose and poetical writers . A further element of value is added by the care of the compiler in generally indicating the sources whence he has drawn , such ...
... known to us otherwise only by meagre fragments , and upon their recital in both prose and poetical writers . A further element of value is added by the care of the compiler in generally indicating the sources whence he has drawn , such ...
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... known . There were numerous writers called Heliodorus ( see Fabricius B. Gr . viii . 126 , 127 , and Meineke , Anal . Alex . , p . 384 ) , and the name is not sufficient warranty for identifying him absolutely with the Bishop of Tricca ...
... known . There were numerous writers called Heliodorus ( see Fabricius B. Gr . viii . 126 , 127 , and Meineke , Anal . Alex . , p . 384 ) , and the name is not sufficient warranty for identifying him absolutely with the Bishop of Tricca ...
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... known of Tatius . Suidas ( Lexic . ' Axıλλ . Tárioç ) has a very brief notice of him , according to which he became a Christian subsequently to the composition of Leucippe and Clitophon , and was raised to a bishopric . He is supposed ...
... known of Tatius . Suidas ( Lexic . ' Axıλλ . Tárioç ) has a very brief notice of him , according to which he became a Christian subsequently to the composition of Leucippe and Clitophon , and was raised to a bishopric . He is supposed ...
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