• Double expressions in the speeches of Sallust 

    Leaphart, Charles William (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
    There is no doubt that the speeches in Sallust's histories are not quoted exactly but that, in accordance with the custom prevailing in classical times, words are put into the mouth of the speaker which might have been ...
  • The essay in Greek literature 

    Underwood, George Arthur (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
    That the essay is a form of literature created by Montaigne, that it was unknown before him, and is distinctively modern, is a theory generally prevalent among the literary public of our time. But it is altogether contrary ...
  • Persius' debt to Horace. 

    Eitzen, Hetha Amelia (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
    In the comparison of the Satires of Persius with those of Horace it will be found that there are many similar passages. Some of these passages are alike in thought, while others contain the same group of words, but the ...