Dionysius Longinus On the SublimeF.C. and J. Rivington, 1819 - 223 pages |
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... tion against the Persians , who had revolted from the Roman yoke . He was assisted in it by Odenathus , king of Palmyra , who , after the death of Valerian , carried on the war with uncommon spirit and success . Gallienus , who ...
... tion against the Persians , who had revolted from the Roman yoke . He was assisted in it by Odenathus , king of Palmyra , who , after the death of Valerian , carried on the war with uncommon spirit and success . Gallienus , who ...
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... tion . He redoubled his efforts , invested the town more closely than ever , and kept it in continual alarms . No art was left untried , which the conduct of a general could suggest , or the bravery of angry soldiers could put in ...
... tion . He redoubled his efforts , invested the town more closely than ever , and kept it in continual alarms . No art was left untried , which the conduct of a general could suggest , or the bravery of angry soldiers could put in ...
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... tion , by an intimacy with the greatest and sublimest writers . Whenever he has Homer in view , he catches his fire , and increases the light and ardour of it . The space between heaven and earth marks out the extent of the poet's ...
... tion , by an intimacy with the greatest and sublimest writers . Whenever he has Homer in view , he catches his fire , and increases the light and ardour of it . The space between heaven and earth marks out the extent of the poet's ...
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... tion , but cannot reach maturity without other concurrent causes , such as public liberty , and the strictest practice of virtue . " That the seeds of a great genius in any kind must be implanted within , and cherished and improved by ...
... tion , but cannot reach maturity without other concurrent causes , such as public liberty , and the strictest practice of virtue . " That the seeds of a great genius in any kind must be implanted within , and cherished and improved by ...
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... tion , for this plain substantial reason , because I could not make sense of it . I have since been favoured with a sight of the learned Dr. Tonstal's conjectural emendations on this Author , and bere for Balovs he readeth rabovs . The ...
... tion , for this plain substantial reason , because I could not make sense of it . I have since been favoured with a sight of the learned Dr. Tonstal's conjectural emendations on this Author , and bere for Balovs he readeth rabovs . The ...
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