Personification and the Use of Abstract Subjects in the Attic Orators and Thukydides, Part 1Johns Hopkins University, 1901 - 49 pages |
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... occur . Bock , on the other hand , has divided the material collected by Ahlén as well as that added by himself into seven classes , based largely on the four classes of 2 PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS.
... occur . Bock , on the other hand , has divided the material collected by Ahlén as well as that added by himself into seven classes , based largely on the four classes of 2 PERSONIFICATION AND USE OF ABSTRACT SUBJECTS.
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... occurring in Cicero have been shown by Ahlén's collection to be so numerous that they have led grammarians to recognize a larger use of abstract subjects in Latin than was formerly admitted ( Nägelsbach - Müller , 1. 1. , p . 567 ) ...
... occurring in Cicero have been shown by Ahlén's collection to be so numerous that they have led grammarians to recognize a larger use of abstract subjects in Latin than was formerly admitted ( Nägelsbach - Müller , 1. 1. , p . 567 ) ...
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... occurring in Dem . ( 47 examples ) . This use of the neuter demonstrative is foreign to a milder orator like Lysias , but is found also in Isokrates and in the lively dialogue of Aristophanes . The Greek abstract subject is far more ...
... occurring in Dem . ( 47 examples ) . This use of the neuter demonstrative is foreign to a milder orator like Lysias , but is found also in Isokrates and in the lively dialogue of Aristophanes . The Greek abstract subject is far more ...
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... occur which come very near the faded modern use , as Isai . 7 , 13 τὸ γὰρ μέγεθος τῶν δικῶν ἐπιφάνειάν Tiva èπoinGev ; so with the neuter adjective as subject , e . g . Lys . 32 , 21 οὐχ ἧττον τὰ μικρὰ λυπεῖ . It is obvious from a ...
... occur which come very near the faded modern use , as Isai . 7 , 13 τὸ γὰρ μέγεθος τῶν δικῶν ἐπιφάνειάν Tiva èπoinGev ; so with the neuter adjective as subject , e . g . Lys . 32 , 21 οὐχ ἧττον τὰ μικρὰ λυπεῖ . It is obvious from a ...
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... occur frequently in the historians . It will be sufficient , in illus- tration of this whole class , to cite a few of the bolder uses in full and give only references for the remainder : Dem . 55 , II ἐμβαλὸν τὸ ὕδωρ τά τε χωρία ...
... occur frequently in the historians . It will be sufficient , in illus- tration of this whole class , to cite a few of the bolder uses in full and give only references for the remainder : Dem . 55 , II ἐμβαλὸν τὸ ὕδωρ τά τε χωρία ...
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