Critical Essays on Roman Literature: Elegy and LyricJohn Patrick Sullivan |
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... simply reveal to the reader the author he is dealing with . The scholar conceives his task as the honest , useful , perhaps to some even dreary , recovery of truth , whether the truth about a text or an age . To him questions of value ...
... simply reveal to the reader the author he is dealing with . The scholar conceives his task as the honest , useful , perhaps to some even dreary , recovery of truth , whether the truth about a text or an age . To him questions of value ...
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... simply piles up all the words that in Latin signify mind , seat of intelligence , or emotion : ita de quiete molli rapida sine rabie simul ipsa pectore Attis sua facta recoluit , liquidaque mente uidit sine quis ubique foret , animo ...
... simply piles up all the words that in Latin signify mind , seat of intelligence , or emotion : ita de quiete molli rapida sine rabie simul ipsa pectore Attis sua facta recoluit , liquidaque mente uidit sine quis ubique foret , animo ...
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... simply a decorative and ennobling element or is it an essential part of his poetry ? In primitive societies it is a function of myth to provide authoritative sanction for custom and belief . In an advanced society it may remain as a ...
... simply a decorative and ennobling element or is it an essential part of his poetry ? In primitive societies it is a function of myth to provide authoritative sanction for custom and belief . In an advanced society it may remain as a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION J P Sullivan Lincoln College page | 1 |
ME EX VERSICULIS MEIS PARUM PUDICUM | 15 |
DOCTE CATULLE K F Quinn University of | 31 |
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