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Page 184
... Greece followed by the fatires ; " and indeed the nature of the thing , as well as the tefti- mony of all antiquity , fhews it to be impoffible . For the fatire here fpoken of is , in all refpects , a regular drama , and therefore could ...
... Greece followed by the fatires ; " and indeed the nature of the thing , as well as the tefti- mony of all antiquity , fhews it to be impoffible . For the fatire here fpoken of is , in all refpects , a regular drama , and therefore could ...
Page 199
... Greece , as the nature of festival folemnities , the poet goes on to animadvert on their defects , and to prescribe such rules , in the conduct of them , as might render them a tole- rable diverfion , even to the better fort . This ...
... Greece , as the nature of festival folemnities , the poet goes on to animadvert on their defects , and to prescribe such rules , in the conduct of them , as might render them a tole- rable diverfion , even to the better fort . This ...
Page 225
... Greece and Rome . And , to fhew us that this was not a practice they allowed themselves in against rule , Cicero mentions corporal infirmities [ De Or . 1. ii . c . 59. ] as one of the most legitimate fources of the RIDICULOUS . Eft ...
... Greece and Rome . And , to fhew us that this was not a practice they allowed themselves in against rule , Cicero mentions corporal infirmities [ De Or . 1. ii . c . 59. ] as one of the most legitimate fources of the RIDICULOUS . Eft ...
Page 229
... Greece ; and this ( as was feen in , its place ) though much pains was taken to reform , if not wholly remove , them . But , to fhew how strong the paffion of the Romans was for this rude illi- beral banter , even the licentious ...
... Greece ; and this ( as was feen in , its place ) though much pains was taken to reform , if not wholly remove , them . But , to fhew how strong the paffion of the Romans was for this rude illi- beral banter , even the licentious ...
Page 230
... Greece , the jefter was a character by profef- fion , neceffary to the pleasantry of private feasts , and , as we learn from the fine fatire in Xeno- phon's Symposium , even in that polite age , wel- come to all companies [ r ] . [ r ] ...
... Greece , the jefter was a character by profef- fion , neceffary to the pleasantry of private feasts , and , as we learn from the fine fatire in Xeno- phon's Symposium , even in that polite age , wel- come to all companies [ r ] . [ r ] ...
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