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ANALYSIS
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V.—cc. xli-xliii. Vices of Style destructive to Sublimity.
ii(i.) Abuse of Rhythm
i(ii.) Broken and Jerky Clauses (cc. xli, xlii).
(iii.) Undue Prolixity
i(iv.) Improper Use of Familiar Words. Anti-climax. Example from Theopompus (c. xliii).
VI.—Why this age is so barren of great authors—whether the cause is to be sought in a despotic form of government, or, as Longinus rather thinks, in the prevailing corruption of manners, and in the sordid and paltry views of life which almost universally prevail (c. xliv).
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