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It is , like all his Latin works , well written - though not ex- actly in the style of the Prize Essays of Oxford and Cam- bridge . There is no elaborate imitation of classical antiquity , no scrupulous purity , none of the ceremonial ...
It is , like all his Latin works , well written - though not ex- actly in the style of the Prize Essays of Oxford and Cam- bridge . There is no elaborate imitation of classical antiquity , no scrupulous purity , none of the ceremonial ...
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... and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a taster . wine- Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched costly , sickly imitation of that which elsewhere may ...
... and was as ill qualified to judge between two Latin styles as an habitual drunkard to set up for a taster . wine- Versification in a dead language is an exotic , a far - fetched costly , sickly imitation of that which elsewhere may ...
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The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style which no rival - has been able to equal , and no parodist to degrade , which ...
The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style which no rival - has been able to equal , and no parodist to degrade , which ...
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And that style , we think , is clearly discernible in the works of Pindar and Eschylus . The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some ...
And that style , we think , is clearly discernible in the works of Pindar and Eschylus . The latter often reminds us of the Hebrew writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some ...
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We are by no means insensible to the merits of this celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives so striking an effect to ...
We are by no means insensible to the merits of this celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives so striking an effect to ...
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