EPHEMERA CRITICA
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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