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Page xi
... poets by saying , that he sat " between sighs and tears . " His friend Maecenas died in the beginning of November ... Poetry . " The character of the poet and his productions is thus given by a modern writer , himself a votary of the ...
... poets by saying , that he sat " between sighs and tears . " His friend Maecenas died in the beginning of November ... Poetry . " The character of the poet and his productions is thus given by a modern writer , himself a votary of the ...
Page xii
... poetry of Horace displays an entire command of all the graces and powers of metre . Elegance and just- ness of thought , and felicity of expression , rather than sub- limity , seem to be its general character , though the poet sometimes ...
... poetry of Horace displays an entire command of all the graces and powers of metre . Elegance and just- ness of thought , and felicity of expression , rather than sub- limity , seem to be its general character , though the poet sometimes ...
Page xxv
... poet Phere- crates , ) is the Glyconic ( No. 14. ) deprived of its final sylla ble , and consists of a spondee , a choriambus , and a catalec ... poetry , Aristopha- nic . 17. IONIC a minore . lonic verses are of two 3 METRES OF HORACE . XXV.
... poet Phere- crates , ) is the Glyconic ( No. 14. ) deprived of its final sylla ble , and consists of a spondee , a choriambus , and a catalec ... poetry , Aristopha- nic . 17. IONIC a minore . lonic verses are of two 3 METRES OF HORACE . XXV.
Page 273
... poetry , ventured to place it at the head of his odes , and their example has been followed by almost all succeeding editors . We have no very strong reason , however , to suppose that the poet himself ever intended this as a general ...
... poetry , ventured to place it at the head of his odes , and their example has been followed by almost all succeeding editors . We have no very strong reason , however , to suppose that the poet himself ever intended this as a general ...
Page 276
... poets were crowned with ivy , because the poetic fury resembled that of the Bacchanalians . - Doctarum præmia fontium . Poets are called docti , " learned , " in accordance with Grecian usage : doidoi copoí . - 30 . Dis miscent superis ...
... poets were crowned with ivy , because the poetic fury resembled that of the Bacchanalians . - Doctarum præmia fontium . Poets are called docti , " learned , " in accordance with Grecian usage : doidoi copoí . - 30 . Dis miscent superis ...
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