Politian

How to use Politian in a sentence

• In our own day Hermolaus and Politian have rescued Latin from barbarism; and their services can never be forgotten.

  The Age of Erasmus | P. S. Allen

• Angelo Politian, an Italian, was one of the most polished writers of the fifteenth century.

  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli

• Politian has some verses in his Miscellanea, but very bald, and full of false quantities.

  Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 | Henry Hallam

• In his Latin style, with the same fault as Politian, an affectation of obsolete words, he is less flexible and elegant.

  Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 | Henry Hallam

• Vives places him in dignity and grace of language even above Politian and Hermolaus.

  Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 | Henry Hallam