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... Style in translating may be learnt from the master , but will not be acquired from notes . My object has been rather to present , in as short a form as possible , interpretations , parallels , and illustrative information , such as , in ...
... Style in translating may be learnt from the master , but will not be acquired from notes . My object has been rather to present , in as short a form as possible , interpretations , parallels , and illustrative information , such as , in ...
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... style , e.g. brevity , and are successful . But we do not see that with it we have combined a fault , i . e . obscurity , which is quite as serious as too great prolixity . 26. levia ( Greek Meia ) is ' smooth , polished . ' Orelli well ...
... style , e.g. brevity , and are successful . But we do not see that with it we have combined a fault , i . e . obscurity , which is quite as serious as too great prolixity . 26. levia ( Greek Meia ) is ' smooth , polished . ' Orelli well ...
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... style , and first gives a very brief account of the origin and character of each of the principal metres . Having done so he passes ( v . 86 ) to the principal subject of the poem , dramatic poetry ; and his historical remarks ...
... style , and first gives a very brief account of the origin and character of each of the principal metres . Having done so he passes ( v . 86 ) to the principal subject of the poem , dramatic poetry ; and his historical remarks ...
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... style to his subject . The styles of tragedy and comedy , for instance , are distinct , and must not be confused , although under certain circumstances the one may borrow from the other . A play , to be successful , must carry the ...
... style to his subject . The styles of tragedy and comedy , for instance , are distinct , and must not be confused , although under certain circumstances the one may borrow from the other . A play , to be successful , must carry the ...
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... style . So Horace speaks of his Satires , Sat. ii . 6 , 17 - Quid prius illustrem Satiris musaque pedestri ? ' 96. Telephus , the hero of a lost play of Euripides , was king of Mysia when the Greeks invaded Troy . He was wounded by ...
... style . So Horace speaks of his Satires , Sat. ii . 6 , 17 - Quid prius illustrem Satiris musaque pedestri ? ' 96. Telephus , the hero of a lost play of Euripides , was king of Mysia when the Greeks invaded Troy . He was wounded by ...
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A. S. WALPOLE actor actus aetas alta animi animos Antonius Archilochus Assistant Master atque Book Cethegi Choerilus chorus Cicero comedy common cyclic poets domum dramatic poetry Edited elegiac enim Epode erit etiam Euripides expression fabula genius Greek haec Hence heroes Hesiod Homer Horace Horace's hunc iambic iambus Iliad invented juvat Juvenal Latium Liburnis Livy loqui M.A. Ready Maecenas meaning Menas metaphor metre mihi Multa nefas Neque nunc Octavian Odes omnes orator Orelli orichalco Ovid passage perhaps Piso Plautus play poem poëmata poet poëtae POETICA poëtis ponere privatis quae quam quid quod refers reponi rerum Roby Roman Rome satyric drama satyrs scriptor semel sense Sextus Pompeius sibi sine Sophocles speciosa supposed tamen Thespis tibi tion tragedy trimeter uncia unus verb verses Versibus videre Virg Virgil Vocabulary words
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