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Strona iv
... least , no con- nected view of its Rise , its Progress , and Decline , has been as yet presented to us . When the battles of Rome have been accurately described , and all her political intrigues minutely developed when so much inquiry ...
... least , no con- nected view of its Rise , its Progress , and Decline , has been as yet presented to us . When the battles of Rome have been accurately described , and all her political intrigues minutely developed when so much inquiry ...
Strona v
... least as long as its civilization- " Alas , for Tully's voice , and Virgil's lay , And Livy's pictured page ! -But these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside - decay ‡ . " There are chiefly two points of view , in which literary his ...
... least as long as its civilization- " Alas , for Tully's voice , and Virgil's lay , And Livy's pictured page ! -But these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside - decay ‡ . " There are chiefly two points of view , in which literary his ...
Strona ix
... least , of Roman literature , possess not in this point of view any peculiar attractions . When literature is indige- nous , as it was in Greece , where authors were guided by no an- tecedent system , and their compositions were shaped ...
... least , of Roman literature , possess not in this point of view any peculiar attractions . When literature is indige- nous , as it was in Greece , where authors were guided by no an- tecedent system , and their compositions were shaped ...
Strona 37
... least be doubted , if , previous to that period , the Etruscan stage had ever reached higher than extemporary recitations , or pantomimic entertainments of music and dancing . But whatever the literature of the Etruscans may have been ...
... least be doubted , if , previous to that period , the Etruscan stage had ever reached higher than extemporary recitations , or pantomimic entertainments of music and dancing . But whatever the literature of the Etruscans may have been ...
Strona 42
... least had not received sta- bility by literary composition - writing at that time being confined , ( in consequence of the want of materials for it , ) to treaties , or short columnar inscriptions . So remarkable was the fluctuation ...
... least had not received sta- bility by literary composition - writing at that time being confined , ( in consequence of the want of materials for it , ) to treaties , or short columnar inscriptions . So remarkable was the fluctuation ...
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