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Page 56
... , which even drew upon him the surname of Epi- timæus , from the Greek Ergy , because he was continually chiding and finding fault . E fewer years than Isocrates was composing his Panegyric . " 56 LONGINUS ON THE SUBLIME .
... , which even drew upon him the surname of Epi- timæus , from the Greek Ergy , because he was continually chiding and finding fault . E fewer years than Isocrates was composing his Panegyric . " 56 LONGINUS ON THE SUBLIME .
Page 58
... Isocrates , in expedition ; for they spent thirty years in the siege of Messene , he only ten in writing that Panegyric ! J But how does he inveigh against those · Athenians who were made prisoners after the defeat in Sicily ! Guilty ...
... Isocrates , in expedition ; for they spent thirty years in the siege of Messene , he only ten in writing that Panegyric ! J But how does he inveigh against those · Athenians who were made prisoners after the defeat in Sicily ! Guilty ...
Page 142
... Isocrates , and insert the Copulatives in this passage , wherever they may seem requisite . " Nor indeed is one obs ervation to be omitted , that he who com- mits violence on another , may do many things , & c . — first in his gesture ...
... Isocrates , and insert the Copulatives in this passage , wherever they may seem requisite . " Nor indeed is one obs ervation to be omitted , that he who com- mits violence on another , may do many things , & c . — first in his gesture ...
Page 196
... Isocrates , which , after ten , or , as some say , fifteen years ' labour spent upon it , begins in so indiscreet a manner . Longinus , Sect . iii . has censured Timæus , for a frigid parallel between the expedition of Alexander and ...
... Isocrates , which , after ten , or , as some say , fifteen years ' labour spent upon it , begins in so indiscreet a manner . Longinus , Sect . iii . has censured Timæus , for a frigid parallel between the expedition of Alexander and ...
Page 212
... Isocrates , His genius was too hot and impetuous , which was the occa- sion of a remark of his master Isocrates , that " Ephorus always wanted a spur , but Theopompus a curb . " hampers , packs of paper , and books , and all things ...
... Isocrates , His genius was too hot and impetuous , which was the occa- sion of a remark of his master Isocrates , that " Ephorus always wanted a spur , but Theopompus a curb . " hampers , packs of paper , and books , and all things ...
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