The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volumen6Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 |
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... Greeks in religious matters ; but , after one reading , we throw aside the greater part of the comedies of a writer who does not find a com- mentator in the history of the human heart , but in that of the troubles and dissentions of his ...
... Greeks in religious matters ; but , after one reading , we throw aside the greater part of the comedies of a writer who does not find a com- mentator in the history of the human heart , but in that of the troubles and dissentions of his ...
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... Greek author the idea of the piece . In many respects the English drama bears a greater simi- larity to the comedies of Aristophanes than that of the French . f The history of this celebrated poet presents nothing interesting . He lived ...
... Greek author the idea of the piece . In many respects the English drama bears a greater simi- larity to the comedies of Aristophanes than that of the French . f The history of this celebrated poet presents nothing interesting . He lived ...
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... Greek— this was a name usually given to the speeches made in ima- ginary causes , by the young men who were preparing for the bar . When Cicero had finished his argument , those who were present paid him the highest compliments ...
... Greek— this was a name usually given to the speeches made in ima- ginary causes , by the young men who were preparing for the bar . When Cicero had finished his argument , those who were present paid him the highest compliments ...
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... Greeks . His learning and talents have been the admiration of every succeeding age , and his style has always been considered the true standard of pure latinity . His personal character was perhaps not so uniformly deserving of applause ...
... Greeks . His learning and talents have been the admiration of every succeeding age , and his style has always been considered the true standard of pure latinity . His personal character was perhaps not so uniformly deserving of applause ...
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... Greeks as it was by the Romans . He amused himself in bodily exercises , not from motives of pleasure , but as the means of giving to his limbs more suppleness and agility , so that in wrestling and running he had no superior . His ...
... Greeks as it was by the Romans . He amused himself in bodily exercises , not from motives of pleasure , but as the means of giving to his limbs more suppleness and agility , so that in wrestling and running he had no superior . His ...
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