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... poets , and a deity ; but such adulation was sanctioned by the usage of the time , and was not much worse than that offered to the same emperor by Valerius Flaceus , or that of Lucan to Nero , except that poets are allowed more liberty ...
... poets , and a deity ; but such adulation was sanctioned by the usage of the time , and was not much worse than that offered to the same emperor by Valerius Flaceus , or that of Lucan to Nero , except that poets are allowed more liberty ...
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... . We are not to think even the greatest authors infallible , yet we must not be hasty in finding fault with them , 24-26 . Of reading poets , 27-30 . Historians , 31-34 . Philosophers , 35 , 36. Some benefit to be gained CONTENTS . xxiir.
... . We are not to think even the greatest authors infallible , yet we must not be hasty in finding fault with them , 24-26 . Of reading poets , 27-30 . Historians , 31-34 . Philosophers , 35 , 36. Some benefit to be gained CONTENTS . xxiir.
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... poets , Callimachus , Philetas , Archilochus , 57-60 . Of the lyric poets ; Pindar , 61. Stesichorus , 62. Alcæus , 63 . Simonides , 64. Of the old comedy ; Aristophanes , Eupolis , Crati- nus , 65. Of tragedy ; Eschylus , Sophocles ...
... poets , Callimachus , Philetas , Archilochus , 57-60 . Of the lyric poets ; Pindar , 61. Stesichorus , 62. Alcæus , 63 . Simonides , 64. Of the old comedy ; Aristophanes , Eupolis , Crati- nus , 65. Of tragedy ; Eschylus , Sophocles ...
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... poets most corrupt in taste , and think that we are witty only when there is need of wit to understand us . Yet Cicero § had plainly enough told us , that to depart from the ordinary style of language , and from the practice sanctioned ...
... poets most corrupt in taste , and think that we are witty only when there is need of wit to understand us . Yet Cicero § had plainly enough told us , that to depart from the ordinary style of language , and from the practice sanctioned ...
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... poetry . Spalding . Hor . Od . i . 12 , 1 ; ii . 12 , 2 ; iii . 6 , 36 . Virgil , Georg . i . 295 ; Æn . xi . 681. See also c . 6 , sect . 40 . ** C. 6 of this book . Words that signify more than they actually express , might CH . II ...
... poetry . Spalding . Hor . Od . i . 12 , 1 ; ii . 12 , 2 ; iii . 6 , 36 . Virgil , Georg . i . 295 ; Æn . xi . 681. See also c . 6 , sect . 40 . ** C. 6 of this book . Words that signify more than they actually express , might CH . II ...
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