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... keep ; for both temper and distemper consist of contraries ; but it is one thing to mingle contraries , another to interchange them . The answer of Apollonius to Vespasian is full of ex- cellent instruction . Vespasian asked him ...
... keep ; for both temper and distemper consist of contraries ; but it is one thing to mingle contraries , another to interchange them . The answer of Apollonius to Vespasian is full of ex- cellent instruction . Vespasian asked him ...
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William Peacock. extent of your own powers ) . Thus he who can keep up four brass balls does this to perfection ; but he cannot keep up five at the same instant , and would fail every time he attempted it . That is , the mechanical per ...
William Peacock. extent of your own powers ) . Thus he who can keep up four brass balls does this to perfection ; but he cannot keep up five at the same instant , and would fail every time he attempted it . That is , the mechanical per ...
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... keep the iambic of the Greeks or of Shakespeare , let us keep such verse as This precious stone set in the silver sea present to our minds . Then let us take such verse as this from Hernani : Le comte d'Onate , qui l'aime aussi , la ...
... keep the iambic of the Greeks or of Shakespeare , let us keep such verse as This precious stone set in the silver sea present to our minds . Then let us take such verse as this from Hernani : Le comte d'Onate , qui l'aime aussi , la ...
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Abraham Newland admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante delight dinner drama Elena Elizabethan Era English face fancy feel fellow French Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace Grand Canal hand head hear heart Hernani honour humour imagination Irenæus kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter Messer mind Molière morning murder nature never Nicolas Poussin night observed Oliver Goldsmith once painted passed passion perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sicarii Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
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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 |