Atticism
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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
Are you bound to give Vestorius some days, and must you go through the stale banquet of his Latin Atticism again after an interval?
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
Her models are Thucydides, Polybius and Xenophon, and her style exhibits the striving after Atticism characteristic of the period, with the result that the language is highly artificial.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
It seems, moreover, to have been a departure from the primitive temper of Atticism, which tended both to cantonal residence and rural occupation.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
The strong and sprightly eloquence of this father, if we may trust tradition, drew its support from the vigorous and masculine Atticism of the old comedian.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
