The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information ..., Volume 3John Aikin Longmans, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - Literature, Modern |
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Page 147
... Babrius , of whom little is known , but who appears from his re- maining fragments to have been an elegant writer . He is mentioned by Avienus , Julian the etymologist , Suidas , and Tzetzes . He adopted the Scazon or Choliambic verse ...
... Babrius , of whom little is known , but who appears from his re- maining fragments to have been an elegant writer . He is mentioned by Avienus , Julian the etymologist , Suidas , and Tzetzes . He adopted the Scazon or Choliambic verse ...
Page 148
... Babrius degraded into mean and miser- able prose . These fragments are so elegant , that Bentley says , " were his book now extant , it might justly be opposed , if not preferred , to the Latin of Phædrus . " The time when this author ...
... Babrius degraded into mean and miser- able prose . These fragments are so elegant , that Bentley says , " were his book now extant , it might justly be opposed , if not preferred , to the Latin of Phædrus . " The time when this author ...
Page 149
... Babrius , which are want- ing in other editions . The third collection is that of Isaac Nevelet , published at Frankfort , 1610. He reprinted the collection of Accur- sius , and from five Palatine manuscripts added a hundred and thirty ...
... Babrius , which are want- ing in other editions . The third collection is that of Isaac Nevelet , published at Frankfort , 1610. He reprinted the collection of Accur- sius , and from five Palatine manuscripts added a hundred and thirty ...
Contents
Venezianu On the imitative Principle as an Instrument | 4 |
Education Account of the Gulph and Territory of Cataro | 10 |
concluded Synonymic Elucidations continued Remark | 34 |
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