The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
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... his opponent fufpected . This is a good and very neceffary precept , but Quintilian's reflections upon it B 2 arc are much more valuable . " It is natural for Of the Precepts of Rhetoric . CHAP I OF the Precepts of Rhetoric CHAP II.
... his opponent fufpected . This is a good and very neceffary precept , but Quintilian's reflections upon it B 2 arc are much more valuable . " It is natural for Of the Precepts of Rhetoric . CHAP I OF the Precepts of Rhetoric CHAP II.
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Charles Rollin. are much more valuable . " It is natural for us , fays he , to be prejudiced in favour of the weakest ... naturally take place . On the contrary , he , who fets too high a value upon himself , fhocks our " pride , because ...
Charles Rollin. are much more valuable . " It is natural for us , fays he , to be prejudiced in favour of the weakest ... naturally take place . On the contrary , he , who fets too high a value upon himself , fhocks our " pride , because ...
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... natural to begin with the eafieft things , and fuch as are beft adapted to the capacities of youth , as fables , for ... naturally fuggeft a great variety of ideas . In his oration for Marcellus . Since fpeeches and orations are the most ...
... natural to begin with the eafieft things , and fuch as are beft adapted to the capacities of youth , as fables , for ... naturally fuggeft a great variety of ideas . In his oration for Marcellus . Since fpeeches and orations are the most ...
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... natural enough to draw a comparison between . the action and Cæfar's victories , and to give the for- mer the preference . This then shall ftand as the pro- pofition , to which all this common - place will refer . Cafar's clemency in ...
... natural enough to draw a comparison between . the action and Cæfar's victories , and to give the for- mer the preference . This then shall ftand as the pro- pofition , to which all this common - place will refer . Cafar's clemency in ...
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... naturally . haughty and infolent , the relation , I fay , of an action like this , even in feigned hiftory , infpires fuch kind , fuch lively fentiments of be- nevolence and efteem for the au- thors , that we cannot avoid loving them ...
... naturally . haughty and infolent , the relation , I fay , of an action like this , even in feigned hiftory , infpires fuch kind , fuch lively fentiments of be- nevolence and efteem for the au- thors , that we cannot avoid loving them ...
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