Sketches of a History of Literature"Exhibit a critical review of literature from the earliest times" -- Preface. |
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Of the Grecian Oretors Demofthenes charaerifed | 19 |
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo Anacreon ancient arts beauty befides beſt cauſe character Cicero compofed compofition defcriptive deſcribed diſtinguiſhed eaſe eaſy elegant eloquence eminent Engliſh Epicurus eſpecially excellent expreffion faid fame fatire feems fentiment ferious feveral fimple fimplicity finiſhed firſt flouriſhed folemn fome fometimes ftill ftrong ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius greateſt Grecian Greek harmony Herodotus hiftorian higheſt himſelf hiſtory Homer humour imitated inftances intereſting itſelf juſt kind laft language laſt learning leaſt lefs leſs likewife literature lively Livy Lucretius manner maſter merit moft moral moſt muſt natural numbers obferved occafions paffions pathetic peculiar perfons philofopher pieces Pindar Plato pleaſe pleaſure poem poetical poetry poets poffeffed praiſe profe publiſhed racter reaſon remarkable reſpect Roman ſeems ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhow ſome Sophocles Spaniſh ſpeak ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtriking ſtudied ſtyle ſuch Tacitus taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thucydides tranflated uſeful verfe Virgil writers Xenophon