Dante's Swift and Strong: Essays on Inferno XV |
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... Priscian ran with the clerks who were all famous literati.5 Now , although many lesser Latinists have been named Priscian , only one was so famous in Dante's day that his name alone would identify his profession . This was Priscian of ...
... Priscian ran with the clerks who were all famous literati.5 Now , although many lesser Latinists have been named Priscian , only one was so famous in Dante's day that his name alone would identify his profession . This was Priscian of ...
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... Priscian , relied on the general impres- sion that each would have made on those who had studied them . Donatus was a vade mecum for any Latinist , whereas Priscian could profit only the professional grammarian . Thus , Dante would ...
... Priscian , relied on the general impres- sion that each would have made on those who had studied them . Donatus was a vade mecum for any Latinist , whereas Priscian could profit only the professional grammarian . Thus , Dante would ...
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... Priscian , such an intellectual vice would have particularly pernicious effects . As has already been remarked , Priscian conceived his Institutes as a definitive treatise on the Latin language , and for the most part , his definitions ...
... Priscian , such an intellectual vice would have particularly pernicious effects . As has already been remarked , Priscian conceived his Institutes as a definitive treatise on the Latin language , and for the most part , his definitions ...
Contents
The Sin of Brunetto Latini | 3 |
Natural Grammar and Priscians Perversity | 25 |
Francesco dAccorso the Unnatural Lawyer | 39 |
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