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Phaedrus speaks in his own person, [10] defending himself against detractors with an acrid tone which recalls the Terentian prologues.
Latin Literature 1902
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Montaigne adapts the Terentian line in the essay “Of Drunkenness,” changing it to the third person.
The fox’s apology 2009
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(Duncan-Jones and Van Orsten, 200) {84} Terentian characters, none of whom were intended to be imitated.
Defence of Poesie 1992
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Terentian tag, 'Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.'
The Unity of Civilization Various
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If anyone had genius to produce, in Terentian style,
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking
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I say "become prominent," because Terence and Plautus were known from the earliest times, and Dr Ward is inclined to think that Latin comedy affected the earlier drama of England to a considerable extent [104], although good examples of Terentian comedy are not found until the 16th century.
John Lyly John Dover Wilson 1925
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Roister smacks of the "miles gloriosus"; Merygreeke combines the vice with the Terentian rogue; and yet, when all is said, Udall's play remains a remarkably original production, realistic and English.
John Lyly John Dover Wilson 1925
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Passing mention must be made of the Terentian Mss. illustrations, though they add but little weight to the foregoing.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916
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Terentian productions, stand almost alone in the history of Graeco-Roman comedy as unmasked plays.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916
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We must not forget too the vivacity indicated by the comic scenes among the Pompeian and Herculanean wall-paintings, [86] which have a close kinship with the Terentian MSS. pictures.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916
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