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... expression and ingenuity of argument was held to be paramount . Rhetorical mannerism permeates Silver Latin literature ; emphasis upon the mode of expression , exaggeration , lack of proportion and taste are common features . But this ...
... expression and ingenuity of argument was held to be paramount . Rhetorical mannerism permeates Silver Latin literature ; emphasis upon the mode of expression , exaggeration , lack of proportion and taste are common features . But this ...
Page xii
... expression points forward to Seneca and Lucan ; features of the prose style of Sallust and Livy anticipate Tacitus . Silver latinity ( see ยง 28 below ) is part of a broader developing organism . In the 2 A. M. F. Gunn , The Mirror of ...
... expression points forward to Seneca and Lucan ; features of the prose style of Sallust and Livy anticipate Tacitus . Silver latinity ( see ยง 28 below ) is part of a broader developing organism . In the 2 A. M. F. Gunn , The Mirror of ...
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... expression , and a concentration of study upon poetic authors were the three main influences at work in the shaping ... expressing duration of time ; in- strumental ablative even of persons ) . 6. The use of the present and perfect ...
... expression , and a concentration of study upon poetic authors were the three main influences at work in the shaping ... expressing duration of time ; in- strumental ablative even of persons ) . 6. The use of the present and perfect ...
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