The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4G. Bell, 1890 |
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Page 392
... rhythm of sentences derives a freer licence . For great indulgence is shown to neatly turned sen- tences ; and rhythmical , steady , compact periods are always admissible . And pains are taken purposely , not disguisedly , but openly ...
... rhythm of sentences derives a freer licence . For great indulgence is shown to neatly turned sen- tences ; and rhythmical , steady , compact periods are always admissible . And pains are taken purposely , not disguisedly , but openly ...
Page 393
... rhythm , and Gorgias also , though they are the first who are said to have laid down any rules at all for the harmony of sentences ; and as Thucydides was somewhat too abrupt and not sufficiently round , if I may use such an expression ...
... rhythm , and Gorgias also , though they are the first who are said to have laid down any rules at all for the harmony of sentences ; and as Thucydides was somewhat too abrupt and not sufficiently round , if I may use such an expression ...
Page 399
... rhythm , but allowed a good deal of liberty . It has in it nothing angry , nothing Theophrastus's real name was Tyrtamus ; but Aristotle , whose pupil he was , surnamed him Theophrastus , from the Greek words eds , Gud , appaw , to ...
... rhythm , but allowed a good deal of liberty . It has in it nothing angry , nothing Theophrastus's real name was Tyrtamus ; but Aristotle , whose pupil he was , surnamed him Theophrastus , from the Greek words eds , Gud , appaw , to ...
Page 431
... rhythm it is the ears that are the judges ; because the one is referable to one's understanding , the other only to one's pleasure ; therefore in the one case it is reason and in the other sensation that has been the inventor of the ...
... rhythm it is the ears that are the judges ; because the one is referable to one's understanding , the other only to one's pleasure ; therefore in the one case it is reason and in the other sensation that has been the inventor of the ...
Page 432
... rhythm . Concerning rhythm we will speak presently ; at this moment we are inquiring into sound . As I said before , words must be selected which as much as possible shall sound well ; but they must not be , like the words of a poet ...
... rhythm . Concerning rhythm we will speak presently ; at this moment we are inquiring into sound . As I said before , words must be selected which as much as possible shall sound well ; but they must not be , like the words of a poet ...
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