Theeophrasti Characteres: with notes by J.G. Sheppard1852 |
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... true classical scholar ; it was attention to these trifles which formed and charac- terized the school of Porson and of Elmsley ; and if it be our aim , by the aid of increased knowledge , to expand and to improve the teaching of that ...
... true classical scholar ; it was attention to these trifles which formed and charac- terized the school of Porson and of Elmsley ; and if it be our aim , by the aid of increased knowledge , to expand and to improve the teaching of that ...
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... true , speaking from prejudice , or in haste , ters . " have expressed a doubt whether they be the genuine pro- ductions of Theophrastus . Victorius , says Casaubon , judged that a work of this trifling character was unworthy of so ...
... true , speaking from prejudice , or in haste , ters . " have expressed a doubt whether they be the genuine pro- ductions of Theophrastus . Victorius , says Casaubon , judged that a work of this trifling character was unworthy of so ...
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... true German subtlety , elaborated a distinction between the " Ridiculous " and what he denominates the " Pleasing " or " Amusing " [ das Launige ] , which he considers analogous to that subsisting in the opposite subject - matter ...
... true German subtlety , elaborated a distinction between the " Ridiculous " and what he denominates the " Pleasing " or " Amusing " [ das Launige ] , which he considers analogous to that subsisting in the opposite subject - matter ...
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... true that they universally exhibit a comical , ludicrous element ; but this element is not dominant as in Comedy - it is entirely subordinate , kept in the back - ground , so to speak , and only incidentally disclosed . The mimetic ...
... true that they universally exhibit a comical , ludicrous element ; but this element is not dominant as in Comedy - it is entirely subordinate , kept in the back - ground , so to speak , and only incidentally disclosed . The mimetic ...
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... true breeding of a gentleman , You never could divine his real thought . " Don Juan , canto III . & c . ἐπανέλθειν . ] We may translate " call again . ” μαλακισθῆναι , " that he is quite knocked up , " or " not very well , " in a ...
... true breeding of a gentleman , You never could divine his real thought . " Don Juan , canto III . & c . ἐπανέλθειν . ] We may translate " call again . ” μαλακισθῆναι , " that he is quite knocked up , " or " not very well , " in a ...
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