Wit and the Writing of History: The Rhetoric of Historiography in Imperial RomeUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1988 - 182 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 48
... true and serious " ( verae et graves , Ann . 4.42.1 ) . Against the background of official hypocrisy verae again has an amusing suggestion of self - incrimination , since if the charges are true Tiberius knows that they are true and is ...
... true and serious " ( verae et graves , Ann . 4.42.1 ) . Against the background of official hypocrisy verae again has an amusing suggestion of self - incrimination , since if the charges are true Tiberius knows that they are true and is ...
الصفحة 83
... true or close to it . In fact they are all the more believable since people believe what is either true or probable , and so if something is unbelievable and improbable , it is likely to be true , because it does not seem so in view of ...
... true or close to it . In fact they are all the more believable since people believe what is either true or probable , and so if something is unbelievable and improbable , it is likely to be true , because it does not seem so in view of ...
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... true only in the light of subse- quent events ( e.g. , the seed actually comes up ) . In this sense the future affects ( if it does not precisely cause ) the past . The later appearance of roses makes the gardener actu- ally to have ...
... true only in the light of subse- quent events ( e.g. , the seed actually comes up ) . In this sense the future affects ( if it does not precisely cause ) the past . The later appearance of roses makes the gardener actu- ally to have ...
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Ludibrium and Political Wit | 15 |
Techniques of Wit | 56 |
Enacted Wit | 69 |
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