Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2W. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1783 |
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... fubfifted in different ages and countries . This will lead into fome detail ; but I hope an use- ful one ; as in every art it is of great confequence to have a just ! VOL . II . idea B XXV . LECT . idea of the perfection of the OF.
... fubfifted in different ages and countries . This will lead into fome detail ; but I hope an use- ful one ; as in every art it is of great confequence to have a just ! VOL . II . idea B XXV . LECT . idea of the perfection of the OF.
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... just praises to which the consent of fo many ages shows him to be entitled , concludes , however , with giving the palm to Demofthenes . This is Fenelon , the famous Arch- bishop of Cambray , and Author of Telemachus ; himself furely no ...
... just praises to which the consent of fo many ages shows him to be entitled , concludes , however , with giving the palm to Demofthenes . This is Fenelon , the famous Arch- bishop of Cambray , and Author of Telemachus ; himself furely no ...
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... just models of Eloquence . Their Language , as 56 " which you employ your empty and unmeaning compofitions , you have " enervated and overthrown all that is manly and fubftantial in Oratory . I " cannot but conclude , that the youth ...
... just models of Eloquence . Their Language , as 56 " which you employ your empty and unmeaning compofitions , you have " enervated and overthrown all that is manly and fubftantial in Oratory . I " cannot but conclude , that the youth ...
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... just idea , in order to direct the appli cation of general rules . The Eloquence of a Lawyer is funda- mentally different from that of a Divine , or a Speaker in Parlia- ment and to have a precife and proper idea of the distinguish- ing ...
... just idea , in order to direct the appli cation of general rules . The Eloquence of a Lawyer is funda- mentally different from that of a Divine , or a Speaker in Parlia- ment and to have a precife and proper idea of the distinguish- ing ...
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... just as in every part of life , we must attend to what is fuitable and de- " cent ; whether that be determined by the nature of the subject of which we " treat , or by the characters of those who speak , or of thofe who hear . " I 2 ...
... just as in every part of life , we must attend to what is fuitable and de- " cent ; whether that be determined by the nature of the subject of which we " treat , or by the characters of those who speak , or of thofe who hear . " I 2 ...
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