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" Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, there is none, that, in point of correctness, harmony, and happy expression, can vie with Horace. He has descended from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderate • degree of elevation ; and joins connected... "
Contributions to Academic Literature - Page 141
by Charles Harrison Lyon - 1842 - 132 pages
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...that, in point of correûnefs, harmony, and happy expreflion, can vie with Horace. He has defcended from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderate degree...elevation ; and joins connected thought, and good fenfe, with the higheft beauties of poetry. He do« not often afpire beyond that middle region, which...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 7

1799 - 458 pages
...that in point of correctnefs, harmony, and happy expreffion, can vie with Horace. He has defcended from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderate degree...of elevation, and joins connected thought and good fenfe with the higheft beauties of poetry. He does not often afpire beyond the middle region, which...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 414 pages
...that, in point of corrednefs, harmony, and happy expreffion, can vie with Horace. He has defcended from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderate degree...elevation ; and joins connected thought, and good fente, with the higheft beauties of poetry. He does not often afpire beyond that middle region, which...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 402 pages
...connexion, and at the same time with much sublimity, Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, there is none, that, in point of correctness, harmony,...and good sense, with the highest beauties of poetry. He does not often aspire beyond that middle region, which I mentioned as belonging to the ode ; and...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 3

Hugh Blair - English language - 1809 - 400 pages
...that, in point of correctnefs, harmony, and happy expreffion, can vie with Horace. He has defcended from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderate degree of elevation ; and joins conne&ed thought, and good fenfe, with the higheft LE c T. beauties of Poetry. He does not often afpire...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - English language - 1815 - 582 pages
...connection, and at the same time with much sublimity. Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, there is none, that in point of correctness, harmony,...Horace. He has descended from the Pindaric rapture to * ' La plupart des ceux qui parlent de 1'enthousiasme de 1'ode, en parlent comme s'ils »':', oil-Hi...
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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...sublimity. Ibid. § 129. On HORACE, as a Lyric Poet. Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, there is none that, in point of correctness, harmony,...from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderate degree pf elevation ; and joins connected thought, and good sense, with the highest beauties of poetry. He...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - English language - 1817 - 516 pages
...connection, and at the same time, with much sublimity. Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, there is none that in point of correctness, harmony,...has descended from the Pindaric rapture to a more moderale degree of elevation : and joins connected thought, and good sense, with the highest beauties...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...sublimity. Ibid. § 130. On HORACE, as a Lyric Poet. Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, He does not often aspire beyond that middle region, which I mentioned as belonging to the ode ; and...
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The Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 9; Volume 20

Methodist Church - 1838 - 508 pages
...the nearest approach to perfection ever yet made. " Of all the writers of odes, ancient or modern, there is none that in point of correctness, harmony,...good sense with the highest beauties of poetry."* 5. In eloquence the ancient models are admitted to be yet unrivaled. The specimens that remain to us,...
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