KEYS TO THE CLASSICS. LONGIN US (> tony s a THE SUBLIME; CONSTRUED LITERALLY AND WORD FOR WORD; WITH A FREE PARAPHRASE OF THE ORIGINAL. “er tHe Rev, Dr Gites, RECTOR OF SUTTON, FORMERLY FELLOW OF C, C, COLLE§E, OXFORD, AND HIS 80N H. A. Gites, OF H. B, M. CONSULATE AT TIENSIN, Wondon: ot JAMES CORNISH & SONS, 297, HIGH HOLBORN. 2q)11. f. I.73 LONGINUS ON THE SUBLIME. CHAP. I, To pev ovyypappatioy the little work tov Karxidcov of Cecilius, 6 which cuveraka- vo he put together reps ‘Yous about the Sublime, egavy seemed nus to us, avacKotrov- pevors examining it own together as as oc 8a you know, @iArate Tepevriave Tlootoupse my dear Terentianus Postumius, ravreworepov more insignificant rns 6Ans drrofecews than the general subject [required], nas and jecra by no means efamrropevoy touching on Twy Kas- puwy the salient points, aepirovoww te and affording tous evtuyxavover to the readers ov jokAny wpedccay not much benefit 7s at which des it behoves tov ypagovra him who writes uadiota especially ctoyafecOus to aim. Eira next; ems taons Texvoroyias in every14 LONGINTS, 1. scientific treatise Svow two things amractoupe- vev being required, aporepov pev the first indeed tou Seas to show te what to broKes- pevoy is the subject-matter, Sevrepov S¢ an: second tn tafec in order, kupimtepou de but the more effective 77 Svvawes in its operation, mas how xat and 8? av peOodwy by what means auto Touro this same thing yevouto av may become «rntov acquirable jucv by us: duws nevertheless 6 KacxsAtos Cecilius rretpa- zat strives dia wupiwy by ten thousand ways éowv so numerous are they Secxvuvas to shew, és as if ayvoovar to men ignorant [of it], rotor pev t+ what indeed to inpnrov the sublime ivapyet is, to Se but the other thing, 8: orov tpomrov by what means soyvoiev av we may be able spoaye to stimulate tas éavTwp gvoets our natures evs toony emsSootv to a certain degree peyeOous of sublimity, mapers orev he has left out, ove oda I know not 6rres how, &s as ove avayxacov not necessary. ITAnv Lut tows perhaps ove afsov it is not just obtws so much attiacGae to find fault with rouvroy jev tov avdpa this man Twy exde~ Aeupevev for what is left out ds as erase to praise [him] aurns rns ervovas for the design itself xasand ozrovdns his zeal. Evres Se but since evexeAevow you have commanded Kat %pas me too tropynuaticacba Tt to make some sort of commentary zeps tnpous about the sublime avtws generally es ony xaptv for your pleasure gepe come, eriaxey