Author : William Smith
Release : 2017-11-16
Genre : Literary Collections
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Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime write by William Smith. This book was released on 2017-11-16. Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated From the Greek With Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author The age we live in is peculiarly a reading age; the desire of oratorical eminence is confined to no class, the materials of study and information accessible to every order of society. In this state of things it must surely be desirable that every possible effort should be made to form the public taste, to inculcate the prin ciples of correct judgment, and point out those models of fine writing, which may be studied and imitated with advantage. The Sublime of Longinus, fairly rendered, with the examples and illustrations judiciously selected by Dr. Smith from the three richest stores of all that is sublime and beautiful in our own language - the Holy Scriptures, Shakspere and Milton, is, perhaps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.