The Classick Pages: Classical Reading of Eighteenth-century AmericansMeyer Reinhold Pennsylvania State University, 1975 - 231 pages |
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... political theory and institutions , mixed constitu- tions with checks and balances , and the experience of Greek fed- eral leagues , their strengths and weaknesses . As widespread as was the veneration of Classical authors and an- cient ...
... political theory and institutions , mixed constitu- tions with checks and balances , and the experience of Greek fed- eral leagues , their strengths and weaknesses . As widespread as was the veneration of Classical authors and an- cient ...
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... political arena to devote himself to trans- lating Tacitus ( 1728-1731 ) and Sallust ( 1744 ) . Both of these transla- tions were prefixed with extensive didactic political discourses by Gordon which conveyed his radical Whiggery in ...
... political arena to devote himself to trans- lating Tacitus ( 1728-1731 ) and Sallust ( 1744 ) . Both of these transla- tions were prefixed with extensive didactic political discourses by Gordon which conveyed his radical Whiggery in ...
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... political realism of Polybius ( ca. 203-120 B.C. ) , his informa- tion on the Achaean League , and his analysis of the Roman re- publican constitution at its height attracted many American readers . As early as 1694 the Virginian ...
... political realism of Polybius ( ca. 203-120 B.C. ) , his informa- tion on the Achaean League , and his analysis of the Roman re- publican constitution at its height attracted many American readers . As early as 1694 the Virginian ...
Contents
The Cult of Antiquity in America | 1 |
THESE GREAT MASTERS | 29 |
Florus | 35 |
Copyright | |
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