Atticism
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The Atticism which had guided and comprehended, now began to cramp development.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
They imagine that to discourse plainly, and without any ornament, provided it be done correctly, and clearly, is the only genuine Atticism.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
They have, it seems, a certain Urbanitas, or Atticism, in their Language, of which the common Ears are ever sensible, though only their great Speakers attain to it.
From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Cadwallader Colden
In prose also the Augustans upheld the refined and chaste work of classical Atticism, an ideal which they derived from the Romans of the preceding generation rather than from teachers like Apollodorus.
From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank
But though Atticism may be divided into several kinds, these mimic Athenians suspect but one.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
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