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... true that he seems to be playing with commonplaces , and to have no thought or information . to communicate ; and this explains Caligula's second criti- cism . From first to last Seneca is a very incoherent writer ; he never succeeds in ...
... true that he seems to be playing with commonplaces , and to have no thought or information . to communicate ; and this explains Caligula's second criti- cism . From first to last Seneca is a very incoherent writer ; he never succeeds in ...
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... true life . It is a great privilege to be adopted at will into a great house , and take not only its name but its heritage ; and it should seem that , in Seneca's judgment , to be a serious phi- losopher of any school is all that is ...
... true life . It is a great privilege to be adopted at will into a great house , and take not only its name but its heritage ; and it should seem that , in Seneca's judgment , to be a serious phi- losopher of any school is all that is ...
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... true that they are below the level of his prose , though they had merit enough to influence all the attempts of the Renaissance at the revival of tragedy . They are not the expression of his convictions ; they are not founded , like the ...
... true that they are below the level of his prose , though they had merit enough to influence all the attempts of the Renaissance at the revival of tragedy . They are not the expression of his convictions ; they are not founded , like the ...
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... true ; and the motive for relating a legend that he finds strongest is , that it is an incredible explanation of facts for which no credible explanation was forthcoming . The scientific spirit is strong in Lucan , but it is unembodied ...
... true ; and the motive for relating a legend that he finds strongest is , that it is an incredible explanation of facts for which no credible explanation was forthcoming . The scientific spirit is strong in Lucan , but it is unembodied ...
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... true that Lucan had no experience of the corruption and luxury of the eighteenth century , which was not incom- patible with a degree of political stability that Rome hardly retained in the days of Scaurus , or recovered in the days of ...
... true that Lucan had no experience of the corruption and luxury of the eighteenth century , which was not incom- patible with a degree of political stability that Rome hardly retained in the days of Scaurus , or recovered in the days of ...
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