The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient, Mediæval, and Modern Times. With Notes, Observations, Illustrations, and an IntroductionBell and Daldy, 1870 - 587 pages |
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Page xiv
... lines , there is no similitude . Agreeably to modern phrase- ology , the former is an epitaph , the latter an epigram . But the Greeks had not this distinction , nor does the ety- mology of the word " epigram " warrant it . The epitaph ...
... lines , there is no similitude . Agreeably to modern phrase- ology , the former is an epitaph , the latter an epigram . But the Greeks had not this distinction , nor does the ety- mology of the word " epigram " warrant it . The epitaph ...
Page xxxi
... lines tells the name of the dead , her history , and her character . It is on Archedice , the daughter of Hippias ( Jacobs I. 68 , xlvii . , translated by Merivale ) : Daughter of him who rul'd th ' Athenian plains , INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
... lines tells the name of the dead , her history , and her character . It is on Archedice , the daughter of Hippias ( Jacobs I. 68 , xlvii . , translated by Merivale ) : Daughter of him who rul'd th ' Athenian plains , INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
Page xxxiii
... lines cannot be denied the praise of much beauty ; but they have the effect ( which should never be the case in an epitaph ) of unreality - of bestowing the flattery of affection , rather than the impartial justice of truth . During the ...
... lines cannot be denied the praise of much beauty ; but they have the effect ( which should never be the case in an epitaph ) of unreality - of bestowing the flattery of affection , rather than the impartial justice of truth . During the ...
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... lines " Upon his Gray Haires ; " but varied the simile , ending thus : This begets the more delight , When things meet most opposite : As in pictures we descry , Venus standing Vulcan by . THE EMBROIDERED MANTLE ( Jacobs I. 55 , iii ...
... lines " Upon his Gray Haires ; " but varied the simile , ending thus : This begets the more delight , When things meet most opposite : As in pictures we descry , Venus standing Vulcan by . THE EMBROIDERED MANTLE ( Jacobs I. 55 , iii ...
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... Lines on an Autumnal Evening , " in which the following 14 passage occurs : On seraph wing I'd float a dream by night , To soothe my love with shadows of delight ; Or soar aloft to be the spangled skies , And gaze upon her with a ...
... Lines on an Autumnal Evening , " in which the following 14 passage occurs : On seraph wing I'd float a dream by night , To soothe my love with shadows of delight ; Or soar aloft to be the spangled skies , And gaze upon her with a ...
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