History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age ...E. Littell, 1827 |
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Strona iii
... ancient and modern times , have ren- dered its civil and military history a subject of prevailing inte- rest to all enlightened nations . But , while its warlike exploits , and the principles of its political institutions , have been re ...
... ancient and modern times , have ren- dered its civil and military history a subject of prevailing inte- rest to all enlightened nations . But , while its warlike exploits , and the principles of its political institutions , have been re ...
Strona viii
... ancient and modern literature . The triumph of modern literature consists not in the point of elevation to which it has attained , but in the extent of its conquests - the extent to which it has refined and quickened the mass of mankind ...
... ancient and modern literature . The triumph of modern literature consists not in the point of elevation to which it has attained , but in the extent of its conquests - the extent to which it has refined and quickened the mass of mankind ...
Strona ix
... ancient nations . The less influence , however , which literature exercises , the less valuable will be its picture of life and manners . It must also be admitted , that from a separate cause , the early periods , at least , of Roman ...
... ancient nations . The less influence , however , which literature exercises , the less valuable will be its picture of life and manners . It must also be admitted , that from a separate cause , the early periods , at least , of Roman ...
Strona x
... ancient or modern land . The authors who flourished during the existence of the Roman Republic , were Cato the Censor , Cicero , and Cæsar ; men who ( indepen- dently of their literary claims to celebrity ) were unrivalled in their own ...
... ancient or modern land . The authors who flourished during the existence of the Roman Republic , were Cato the Censor , Cicero , and Cæsar ; men who ( indepen- dently of their literary claims to celebrity ) were unrivalled in their own ...
Strona xi
... ancient Italians , and was augmented by the pleasing contrast which the undisturbed repose and simple en- joyments of rural existence presented to the bustle of an im- mense and agitated capital . In the last point of view that has been ...
... ancient Italians , and was augmented by the pleasing contrast which the undisturbed repose and simple en- joyments of rural existence presented to the bustle of an im- mense and agitated capital . In the last point of view that has been ...
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