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Page 124
... consider the vanity of griev- ing for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them , when I consider rival wits placed side by side , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and ...
... consider the vanity of griev- ing for those whom we must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them , when I consider rival wits placed side by side , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and ...
Page 372
... Consider , for example , to begin with the outermost development of his intensity , consider how he paints . He has a great power of vision ; seizes the very type of a thing ; presents that and nothing more . You remember that first ...
... Consider , for example , to begin with the outermost development of his intensity , consider how he paints . He has a great power of vision ; seizes the very type of a thing ; presents that and nothing more . You remember that first ...
Page 393
... consider what this Shakespeare has actually become among us . Which Englishman we ever made , in this land of ours , which million of Englishmen , would we not give - up rather than the Stratford Peasant ? There is no regiment of ...
... consider what this Shakespeare has actually become among us . Which Englishman we ever made , in this land of ours , which million of Englishmen , would we not give - up rather than the Stratford Peasant ? There is no regiment of ...
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References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |