The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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Pagina 36
... Athenian democratic boldness , his language of such infinite pliancy yet such perfect purity , the unrivalled harmony of his verse make his works invaluable to us - for the fulness , namely , of local and temporary allusion , and his ...
... Athenian democratic boldness , his language of such infinite pliancy yet such perfect purity , the unrivalled harmony of his verse make his works invaluable to us - for the fulness , namely , of local and temporary allusion , and his ...
Pagina 37
... Athenian society , and to the man- ners of his own day . In him there was little which could become of necessity ob- soleté , and require the elucidating com- mentary . His plays seem to have been acted to the time of Plutarch ; * at ...
... Athenian society , and to the man- ners of his own day . In him there was little which could become of necessity ob- soleté , and require the elucidating com- mentary . His plays seem to have been acted to the time of Plutarch ; * at ...
Pagina 38
... Athenian freedom , Diopeithes , the commander of the forces on the Hellespont , in whose defence Demos- thenes made one of his noble speeches , that on the affairs of the Chersonese . Of these affairs , and of the speech of Demosthenes ...
... Athenian freedom , Diopeithes , the commander of the forces on the Hellespont , in whose defence Demos- thenes made one of his noble speeches , that on the affairs of the Chersonese . Of these affairs , and of the speech of Demosthenes ...
Pagina 39
... Athenian independ- ence and freedom . Such was the person of Menander : the life of the poet was in perfect harmony with the character expressed in the statue , and developed in the plays . It seems to have glided away in pleasure , not ...
... Athenian independ- ence and freedom . Such was the person of Menander : the life of the poet was in perfect harmony with the character expressed in the statue , and developed in the plays . It seems to have glided away in pleasure , not ...
Pagina 40
... Athenian taste up to his own excellence ; he could not altogether disenchant the popular ear from its greater favour to his somewhat less polished and familiar rival , Philemon . He obtained far less frequent prizes : he was crowned but ...
... Athenian taste up to his own excellence ; he could not altogether disenchant the popular ear from its greater favour to his somewhat less polished and familiar rival , Philemon . He obtained far less frequent prizes : he was crowned but ...
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