Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Tom 2W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776 |
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... action of a juft fpeaker , was fufficient [ from line 79 to 83 ] ( fo inexcufable were his pre- judices ) to attract his wonder , and juftify his esteem . In fo much that it became an infolence , generally cried out upon , for any one ...
... action of a juft fpeaker , was fufficient [ from line 79 to 83 ] ( fo inexcufable were his pre- judices ) to attract his wonder , and juftify his esteem . In fo much that it became an infolence , generally cried out upon , for any one ...
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... action was almost fure to be mangled and broken in upon by the fhews of wild heafts and gladiators ; those dear delights , which the Romans , it seems , prized much above the highest pleasures of the drama . Nay , the poet's cafe was ...
... action was almost fure to be mangled and broken in upon by the fhews of wild heafts and gladiators ; those dear delights , which the Romans , it seems , prized much above the highest pleasures of the drama . Nay , the poet's cafe was ...
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... action , was perfectly fuited to their apprehenfions . But , of all the Latin comedians , Terence appears to have practised this fecret moft affiduously : at leaft , as may be concluded from what remains of them . Plautus hath very ...
... action , was perfectly fuited to their apprehenfions . But , of all the Latin comedians , Terence appears to have practised this fecret moft affiduously : at leaft , as may be concluded from what remains of them . Plautus hath very ...
Strona 90
... action on the ftage . << Quinctilian gives it the like preference to oratory . Speaking of the ufe of action in an orator , he obferves , " Is [ geftus ] quantum ha- " beat in oratore , momenti ; fatis vel ex co patet , quod pleraque ...
... action on the ftage . << Quinctilian gives it the like preference to oratory . Speaking of the ufe of action in an orator , he obferves , " Is [ geftus ] quantum ha- " beat in oratore , momenti ; fatis vel ex co patet , quod pleraque ...
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... - " cernible by the look or attitude : and that , whe- " ther we observe men in action , or at reft . " They " are . " " And thefe , therefore , come within " the . " the power of graphical imitation ? " - " 92 NOTES ON THE.
... - " cernible by the look or attitude : and that , whe- " ther we observe men in action , or at reft . " They " are . " " And thefe , therefore , come within " the . " the power of graphical imitation ? " - " 92 NOTES ON THE.
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Strona 245 - And lastly, his style in picturing characters, though masterly, was without that elegance of hand, which is required to correct and allay the force of so bold a colouring. Thus, the biass of his nature leading him to Plautus rather than Terence for his model, it is not to be wondered that his wit is too frequently caustic ; his raillery coarse ; and his humour excessive.
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