Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Tom 2W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776 |
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... concerned them to make a serious reply . They had magnified , line 28 , the perfection of the Greek models . But what [ to line 93 ] if the Greeks had conceived the fame averfion to novelties , as the Romans ? How then could thofe ...
... concerned them to make a serious reply . They had magnified , line 28 , the perfection of the Greek models . But what [ to line 93 ] if the Greeks had conceived the fame averfion to novelties , as the Romans ? How then could thofe ...
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... concerned the mechanic execution of the fine arts , took up with a CHOERILUS , to tranfmit an image of his mind to fu- ture ages ; fo grofly undifcerning was he in works of poetry , and the liberal offerings of the muse ! And Choerilos ...
... concerned the mechanic execution of the fine arts , took up with a CHOERILUS , to tranfmit an image of his mind to fu- ture ages ; fo grofly undifcerning was he in works of poetry , and the liberal offerings of the muse ! And Choerilos ...
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... concerned to court its affiftance . And , then , what could be more likely to engage the emperor's further protection and love of poetry , than the infinuation ( which is made with in- finite addrefs ) that , as he honoured it equally ...
... concerned to court its affiftance . And , then , what could be more likely to engage the emperor's further protection and love of poetry , than the infinuation ( which is made with in- finite addrefs ) that , as he honoured it equally ...
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... or introduction only . The body , as of public concern , might be allowed to engage , at full length , the emperor's attention . But the intro- D 3 introduction , confifting of ceremonial only , the common good EPISTLE TO AUGUSTUS . 37.
... or introduction only . The body , as of public concern , might be allowed to engage , at full length , the emperor's attention . But the intro- D 3 introduction , confifting of ceremonial only , the common good EPISTLE TO AUGUSTUS . 37.
Strona 75
... the leaft concerned with them . For , though he believes it an undeniable maxim , Critici non effe inquirere , utrum relle autor quid fcripferit , fed an I omnino emnino fic fcripferit [ i ] : yet , in EPISTLETO AUGUSTUS . 75.
... the leaft concerned with them . For , though he believes it an undeniable maxim , Critici non effe inquirere , utrum relle autor quid fcripferit , fed an I omnino emnino fic fcripferit [ i ] : yet , in EPISTLETO AUGUSTUS . 75.
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