Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author |
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... greater probability , fuppofe him an Athe- nian . That he was a Grecian , is plain from two paffages in the following Treatise ; in one of which he uses this expreffion , If we Grecians ; and in the other he expressly calls Demofthenes ...
... greater probability , fuppofe him an Athe- nian . That he was a Grecian , is plain from two paffages in the following Treatise ; in one of which he uses this expreffion , If we Grecians ; and in the other he expressly calls Demofthenes ...
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... greater ideas we con- ceive of it ; whofe force we cannot poffibly withstand ; which immediately finks deep , and makes fuch impreffions on the mind , as can- not be easily worn out or effaced . In a word , you may pronounce that ...
... greater ideas we con- ceive of it ; whofe force we cannot poffibly withstand ; which immediately finks deep , and makes fuch impreffions on the mind , as can- not be easily worn out or effaced . In a word , you may pronounce that ...
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... greater , Nor would fuccefs their bold attempts have fail'd , & c . Among the orators , all panegyrics , and ora- tions compofed for pomp and show , may be grand throughout , but yet are for the most part void of paffion . So that those ...
... greater , Nor would fuccefs their bold attempts have fail'd , & c . Among the orators , all panegyrics , and ora- tions compofed for pomp and show , may be grand throughout , but yet are for the most part void of paffion . So that those ...
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... greater foul , and make deeper impreffions , than the most laboured dif- courses . The foul feems to roufe and collect itself , and then darts forth at once , in the noblest and most confpicuous point of view . ( 3 ) Longinus here fets ...
... greater foul , and make deeper impreffions , than the most laboured dif- courses . The foul feems to roufe and collect itself , and then darts forth at once , in the noblest and most confpicuous point of view . ( 3 ) Longinus here fets ...
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... greater than this , for he bounds not the leap by the reach of the fight , but boldly avers , that the whole extent of the world would not afford room enough for two fuch leaps . Dr. Pearce . + Iliad . e . v . 770 . * Hefiod . in Scuto ...
... greater than this , for he bounds not the leap by the reach of the fight , but boldly avers , that the whole extent of the world would not afford room enough for two fuch leaps . Dr. Pearce . + Iliad . e . v . 770 . * Hefiod . in Scuto ...
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