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Page 49
... by thousands of years through the works of those who handed on the traditions
of art from century to century ; but we shall never meet with that continuous and
unconscious growth which connects the language of Plautus with that of Dante .
... by thousands of years through the works of those who handed on the traditions
of art from century to century ; but we shall never meet with that continuous and
unconscious growth which connects the language of Plautus with that of Dante .
Page 104
The plays of Plautus are the best proof ; for the affectation of using Greek words is
as evident in some of his characters as the foolish display of French in the
German writers of the eighteenth century . There was both loss and gain in the ...
The plays of Plautus are the best proof ; for the affectation of using Greek words is
as evident in some of his characters as the foolish display of French in the
German writers of the eighteenth century . There was both loss and gain in the ...
Page 105
Ennius , the cotemporary of Nævius and Plautus , though somewhat younger (
239 -169 ) , was the first to translate Euripides . Ennius , like Andronicus , was an
Italian Greek , who settled at Rome as a teacher of languages and translator of ...
Ennius , the cotemporary of Nævius and Plautus , though somewhat younger (
239 -169 ) , was the first to translate Euripides . Ennius , like Andronicus , was an
Italian Greek , who settled at Rome as a teacher of languages and translator of ...
Page 109
Lucilius devoted the ninth book of his satires to the reform of spelling . But
nothing shows 1 Mommsen , ii . 413 , 426 , 445 , 457. Lucius Ælius Stilo wrote a
work on etymology , and an index to Plautus . — Lersch , Die Sprachphilosophie
der ...
Lucilius devoted the ninth book of his satires to the reform of spelling . But
nothing shows 1 Mommsen , ii . 413 , 426 , 445 , 457. Lucius Ælius Stilo wrote a
work on etymology , and an index to Plautus . — Lersch , Die Sprachphilosophie
der ...
Page 411
Paolino de San Bartolomeo , Fra , on Zoroaster , quoted , 206 note . first Sanskrit
grammar published Plautus , Greek words in the plays by , 142 , 158 . of , 104 .
Paradise , languages supposed by all his plays mere adaptations various
authors ...
Paolino de San Bartolomeo , Fra , on Zoroaster , quoted , 206 note . first Sanskrit
grammar published Plautus , Greek words in the plays by , 142 , 158 . of , 104 .
Paradise , languages supposed by all his plays mere adaptations various
authors ...
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