Atticism

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The first character, then, to be described, is the Orator who, according to some, is the only one that has any just pretensions to Atticism.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

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 Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

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 Rudd, John

And even in Athens the burden of Atticism, if we may say so, seems to have become too great to bear.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

Rome gave the palm to Atticism, and modern oratory has gone still farther in the same direction, until its predominant quality has become that of making sustained appeals to the understanding.

From Daniel Webster by Lodge, Henry Cabot