Ciceronianism
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Ciceronianism, at the period of the Renaissance, and even in the eighteenth century, meant more than the impulse towards florid and sumptuous style.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
We may mention, in conclusion, the analogy between Ciceronianism in literature and the revival of Vitruvius by the architects in the sphere of art.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
The literary controversies of the humanists, the disputes on the subject of imitation, of Ciceronianism, and what not, all tended in this direction.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
So you can speak and write Latin, not barbarously; I never require great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford, qui dum verba sectantur, res ipsas negligunt.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
His Ciceronianism has now completely worn away, but his manner is still as deeply rhetorical as ever.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
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