Sketches of a History of Literature |
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Of Oriental Literature | 1 |
PART II | 13 |
Of the Grecian OrctorsDemofthenes charaerifed | 19 |
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againſt allufions almoſt alſo ancient beauty befides beſt cauſe character Cicero compofed compofition deſcribed deſcription diſtinguiſhed eaſe elegant eloquence eminent Engliſh Epicurus eſpecially excellent expreffion expreffive faid fame fatire feems fenfe fentiment ferious feveral fimple fimplicity fince firſt flouriſhed folemn fome fometimes ftill ftrong ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius greateſt harmony Herodotus hiftorian higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer Horace humour imitated inftance intereſting itſelf juſt kind laft language laſt learning leaſt lefs leſs likewife literature lively Livy Lucretius manner maſter merit modern moft moral moſt muſt natural obfcure obferve occafions paffages paffions pathetic pathos peculiar philofopher pieces Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry poffeffed praiſe publiſhed racter reaſon remarkable reſpect Roman ſeems ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhow ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtriking ſtudied ſtyle ſuch Tacitus taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thucydides tranflated uſeful vaſt verfe Virgil whoſe writers Xenophon