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... reference has already been made , appears to have been undertaken partly from admiration of the force and grandeur of the poetry , partly from a desire to make the great satirist more accessible to the majority of English readers , and ...
... reference has already been made , appears to have been undertaken partly from admiration of the force and grandeur of the poetry , partly from a desire to make the great satirist more accessible to the majority of English readers , and ...
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... reference to his style he quotes Johnson . Juvenal's peculiarity is a mixture of stateliness and gaiety , of pointed sentences and declamatory gran- deur . And Gifford . When the dignity of Juvenal is wanting , his wit will be ...
... reference to his style he quotes Johnson . Juvenal's peculiarity is a mixture of stateliness and gaiety , of pointed sentences and declamatory gran- deur . And Gifford . When the dignity of Juvenal is wanting , his wit will be ...
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... reference to the coarseness of many pas- sages , the translator expresses his belief that the aim of Juvenal in writing so grossly was to lay open the native unsightliness of vice , to remove that fasci- nating cloak which hides its ...
... reference to the coarseness of many pas- sages , the translator expresses his belief that the aim of Juvenal in writing so grossly was to lay open the native unsightliness of vice , to remove that fasci- nating cloak which hides its ...
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... reference is made in the last chapter were , as there mentioned , the Edinburgh , ' the British , ' and the ' Eclectic . ' There were others which spoke of the translation in terms of the most enthusiastic praise , tempered only by fair ...
... reference is made in the last chapter were , as there mentioned , the Edinburgh , ' the British , ' and the ' Eclectic . ' There were others which spoke of the translation in terms of the most enthusiastic praise , tempered only by fair ...
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... reference to the accusations some- times brought against his original that he ridiculed the idea of a future state . Did not Socrates in his dying hours use the common language of his countrymen with regard to the gods , and yet we ...
... reference to the accusations some- times brought against his original that he ridiculed the idea of a future state . Did not Socrates in his dying hours use the common language of his countrymen with regard to the gods , and yet we ...
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