Or Plain Truths About Current Literature

By John Churton Collins

Non verebor nominare singulos, quo facilius, propositis exemplis,
appareat, quibus gradibus fracta sit et deminuta eloquentia.
—Dial. de Orat.

αινεων αινητα, μομφαν δι' επισπειρων αλιτροις.
—Pindar

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