The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 - English literature |
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... once whether a Cicero was genuine , and dismissed a spurious one with the calm contempt of a connoisseur . Wit , as we have already intimated , was one of the great orator's chief endowments . Quintilian celebrates his urbanitas , the ...
... once whether a Cicero was genuine , and dismissed a spurious one with the calm contempt of a connoisseur . Wit , as we have already intimated , was one of the great orator's chief endowments . Quintilian celebrates his urbanitas , the ...
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... once , that St. Jerome was an ass . He expressed many of these opinions with pointed and brilliant sarcasm . Of Justus Lipsius he observes : ' I care as little for Lipsius ' Latin as he does for Cicero's . ' Of the Germans : The Germans ...
... once , that St. Jerome was an ass . He expressed many of these opinions with pointed and brilliant sarcasm . Of Justus Lipsius he observes : ' I care as little for Lipsius ' Latin as he does for Cicero's . ' Of the Germans : The Germans ...
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... once said a good thing , as Brummell once ate a pea . The pleasantry was apropos of the mad theory of Hardouin , that the classics were written by the monks . The poet answered that he did not like monks generally , but that one would ...
... once said a good thing , as Brummell once ate a pea . The pleasantry was apropos of the mad theory of Hardouin , that the classics were written by the monks . The poet answered that he did not like monks generally , but that one would ...
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... once , men of letters and men of action , like Swift . If we take the conversational poets , we shall find them among those nearest to men of action in their natures , like Byron , and Burns , and Scott . The best sayers of good things ...
... once , men of letters and men of action , like Swift . If we take the conversational poets , we shall find them among those nearest to men of action in their natures , like Byron , and Burns , and Scott . The best sayers of good things ...
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... once been convicted , however the law of kindness and firm discipline thoroughly they may have been reformed , prevailed over them , and they were soon the merchant service is still open to them . reduced to something like civilisation ...
... once been convicted , however the law of kindness and firm discipline thoroughly they may have been reformed , prevailed over them , and they were soon the merchant service is still open to them . reduced to something like civilisation ...
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