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Page 170
... Lysias , to declare him much preferable to Plato ; biassed to it by two pas- sions equally indiscreet . For though he loved Lysias as well as his own self , yet he * Plato , 1. 6. de legibus , p . 773. ed . Par . * Lysias was one of the ...
... Lysias , to declare him much preferable to Plato ; biassed to it by two pas- sions equally indiscreet . For though he loved Lysias as well as his own self , yet he * Plato , 1. 6. de legibus , p . 773. ed . Par . * Lysias was one of the ...
Page 171
... Lysias for a faultless and consummate writer , which is so far from being truth , that it has not so much as the shadow of it . SECTION XXXIII . BUT let us for once admit the possibility of a faultless and consummate writer ; and then ...
... Lysias for a faultless and consummate writer , which is so far from being truth , that it has not so much as the shadow of it . SECTION XXXIII . BUT let us for once admit the possibility of a faultless and consummate writer ; and then ...
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... Lysias . When his subject demands simpli- city , his style is exquisitely smooth ; nor does he utter every thing with one empha- tical air of vehemence , like Demosthenes . His thoughts are always just and proper , The graces of Lysias ...
... Lysias . When his subject demands simpli- city , his style is exquisitely smooth ; nor does he utter every thing with one empha- tical air of vehemence , like Demosthenes . His thoughts are always just and proper , The graces of Lysias ...
Page 180
... Lysias not only falls short of him in the excel- lence , but in the number also of his beauties . And what is more , he not only falls short of him in the number of his beauties , but exceeds him vastly in the number of his faults ...
... Lysias not only falls short of him in the excel- lence , but in the number also of his beauties . And what is more , he not only falls short of him in the number of his beauties , but exceeds him vastly in the number of his faults ...
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... Lysias - 176 , 180 - Bacchylides 174 , 175 Matris - - 44 Moses - 75 Cecilius 35 , 36 , 48 , 58 , 61 , 160 Philistus 198 Callisthenes 44 Cecilius 170 Phrynicus Pindar - 146 174 , 175 - Cicero Clitarchus Demosthenes , 41 , 94 , 99 , 103 ...
... Lysias - 176 , 180 - Bacchylides 174 , 175 Matris - - 44 Moses - 75 Cecilius 35 , 36 , 48 , 58 , 61 , 160 Philistus 198 Callisthenes 44 Cecilius 170 Phrynicus Pindar - 146 174 , 175 - Cicero Clitarchus Demosthenes , 41 , 94 , 99 , 103 ...
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