 | René Rapin - 1706 - 550 pages
...Exile, after he had beftow'd on him that Character of Conftancy and Refolution before his Difgrace. Seneca, for his part, knows nothing of the Manners. He is a fine Speaker, who is eternally uttering prltty Sayings, but is In no wjfe Natural in what he ipeaks, and whatever Perfons he makes to fpeak,... | |
 | Classical biography - 1750 - 374 pages
...Sound, that Brifknefs of Fancy, which every where abounds in him. But, fays Rapin, he knows nothing of Manners. He is a fine Speaker, who is eternally uttering pretty Sayings, and whatever Perfons he introduces, they always have the Mien of Actors. His Verfe is pompous, his... | |
 | Elledge - History - 1999 - 418 pages
...exile after he had bestowed on him that character of constancy and resolution before his disgrace. Seneca, for his part, knows nothing of the manners....is eternally uttering pretty sayings, but is in no wise natural in what he speaks, and whatever persons he makes to speak, they always have the mien of... | |
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... opinions were then new in his time.10 Theon the Sophist cannot endure the unseasonable discourses of Hecuba on her misfortunes, in the same author. Sophocles makes Oedipus too weak and low-spirited in his exile after he had bestowed on him that character... 