Note 50 — XII. CRITICISM ON SOME OF COLERIDGE'S CRITICISMS OF WORDSWORTH.
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Valckenaer, in his famous 'Dissertation on the Phœnissæ,' notices such a dispute as having arisen upon the diction of Euripides. The question is old and familiar as to the quality of the passion in Euripides, by comparison with that in Sophocles. But there was a separate dispute far less notorious as to the quality of the lexis.